Outer Gateway and Boundary Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A Medieval Gatehouse.
Outer Gateway and Boundary Wall
- WRENN ID
- haunted-spire-alder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Outer Gateway and Boundary Wall, 50, High Street, Buckden
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 677
- Coordinates
- 52.2946, -0.25405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Outer Gateway and Boundary Wall, located at No. 50 High Street in Buckden, is a late 15th-century gatehouse constructed of red brick and featuring a square plan with an embattled parapet. It is a single-storey structure. Both the inner and outer arches are four-centred and have two chamfered orders along with moulded labels. The embattled enclosing wall includes a corner diagonal buttress, which has been recently restored and topped with a pyramidal cap. Each face of the buttress features a small trefoiled niche. To the south of the gateway, there is a 19th-century lodge with windows that have been inserted into the wall.
Local climate
Outer Gateway and Boundary Wall 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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