Abbey Gateway is a Grade II* listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Gatehouse.

Abbey Gateway

WRENN ID
spare-rood-sedge
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Abbey Gateway, Waltham Abbey
OS grid reference
TL 380 007
Coordinates
51.68842, -0.00379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbey Gateway is a gatehouse built in 1767, originally part of the Abbey of the Holy Cross, dating back to the mid-14th century. The structure is made of ashlar stone with red and yellow brickwork. It features a pointed archway and a waggon arch. The Abbey Gateway is part of a group that includes the Church of the Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Midnight Chapel, Harolds Bridge, the walls of the Abbey and Chapter House, the garden wall, and the Vicarage.

Local climate

Abbey Gateway 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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