Lodges, Gateway and Railings to South of Park is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 April 1976. A Georgian Lodges.
Lodges, Gateway and Railings to South of Park
- WRENN ID
- quartered-span-sienna
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 April 1976
- Type
- Lodges
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Lodges, Gateway and Railings to South of Park, Chippenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 663 682
- Coordinates
- 52.28677, 0.43758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The lodges, gateway, and railings to the south of Chippenham Park are a matching pair of Neo-Classical structures built around 1745 for Lord Sandys. They are constructed from ashlar limestone and feature low-pitched slate roofs with central red brick stacks. The lodges are two storeys high, with main entrances facing the carriageway and triangular pedimented gables facing the road. There is a band between the floors, and the first floor has three casement windows with glazing bars set in segmental arches. The central round-headed hung sash window, also with glazing bars shaped to an arch, is flanked by two matching doors, each adorned with a projecting cornice and a Greek fret designed frieze.
A low wall with iron railings connects the lodges to the main entrance gateway, which features a large round-headed archway flanked by two smaller arches with railings. Above the arches are two recessed panels decorated with swags and a panel below, topped by a deep classical cornice with the frieze inscription 'In spe spire'. A sculpture of Hope, crafted in Coade stone and added by John Tharp around 1800, is positioned above the gateway.
Local climate
Lodges, Gateway and Railings to South of Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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