Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Gates and railings.
Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall
- WRENN ID
- sombre-hinge-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gates and railings
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall, Ermine Way, Arrington
- OS grid reference
- TL 328 503
- Coordinates
- 52.13518, -0.06078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates and piers at the west entrance to Wimpole Hall were built in 1851, designed by H E Kendall. They feature wrought iron gates and railings, along with Portland limestone piers and a dwarf wall. The gates are two-stage, adorned with a crested overthrow that includes interlaced initials, coronets, scrolls, and acanthus leaf motifs. The piers have panelled sides and responds, topped with an entablature that is supported by figures holding shields of arms belonging to the Earls of Hardwicke. Flanking the entrance are quadrants, each consisting of three bays and two half bays, separated by a stone pier. The return wall facing the street is constructed from Hitch bricks.
Local climate
Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole 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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