Gateway to West of Number 4 is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Gateway.
Gateway to West of Number 4
- WRENN ID
- rooted-threshold-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to West of Number 4, Church Street, Alwalton
- OS grid reference
- TL 133 959
- Coordinates
- 52.54918, -0.32921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway located to the west of Number 4 on Church Street in Alwalton is a Grade II listed structure, originally serving as an entrance doorway. It is dated 1684 on the frieze and was rebuilt around 1975. The gateway is made of rusticated limestone and features a moulded cornice topped by a segmental pediment. It has a moulded wooden architrave and a frieze that is painted black, with a white inscription reading 'APRIL ICM 1684'. This gateway was previously the entrance to April House in Farcet, which was demolished around 1975.
Local climate
Gateway to West of Number 4 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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