Gatescreen at Entrance to the Swiss Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Gatescreen. 3 related planning applications.
Gatescreen at Entrance to the Swiss Garden
- WRENN ID
- nether-grate-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Gatescreen
- Address
- Gatescreen at Entrance to the Swiss Garden, Old Warden, SG18 9EL
- OS grid reference
- TL 148 446
- Coordinates
- 52.08827, -0.32548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatescreen at the entrance to the Swiss Garden in Old Warden is believed to date from the early 19th century, during the time when the 3rd Lord Ongley (1803-1877) was developing the garden. It is made of wrought iron and features a fairly plain design. The structure consists of a series of archways, with the arches decorated with a restrained geometric pattern. The screen and double gates are simple grilles with curved tops, and each spike is topped with a plain finial.
Local climate
Gatescreen at Entrance to the Swiss Garden sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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