Garden Walls and Gateway at Little Belhus is a Grade II* listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. Garden wall.
Garden Walls and Gateway at Little Belhus
- WRENN ID
- tall-buttress-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1960
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Walls and Gateway at Little Belhus, Little Belhus Close
- OS grid reference
- TQ 585 821
- Coordinates
- 51.51636, 0.28328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls and gateway at Little Belhus date from the mid-16th century and are constructed of red brick, featuring gabled capping. The entrance gateway is plastered and has a four-centred arch flanked by pilasters, topped with a frieze and cornice. Above the cornice, there is an original ornamental gable that contains a cast-iron rectangular panel displaying the Stuart Royal Arms, which dates from between 1603 and 1689.
Local climate
Garden Walls and Gateway at Little Belhus sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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