Gatehouse Circa 65 Metres to North West of Down Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. Gatehouse.
Gatehouse Circa 65 Metres to North West of Down Hall
- WRENN ID
- lunar-mortar-vermeil
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1967
- Type
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- TL 304 437
- Coordinates
- 52.07662, -0.09761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse, located approximately 65 meters to the north-west of Down Hall, dates from the early 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered infill, topped with a plain tiled roof that features an octagonal lantern. The building has two storeys and jetties on the first floor on two sides. It consists of two bays, with a cartway and a pedestrian entrance situated in the south-west bay. The substantial timber frame is close-studded and includes curved tension braces in each bay. The jetty joists are bullnosed, and there are solid curved braces supporting the posts. The doorway and cartway have curved chamfered braces that create a 'Caernavon' arched head. On the first floor, there are two pairs of three-light mullioned windows. The interior retains many original details, including screen partitions between openings. The roof features a crown-post structure, with a crown-post over the central truss that is braced in two directions to the collars and collar purlins. The gatehouse is set within the moated site of Down Hall.
Local climate
Gatehouse Circa 65 Metres to North West of Down Hall 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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