Entrance Gate and Front Railings to Dorset House is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1973. Gate, railings.
Entrance Gate and Front Railings to Dorset House
- WRENN ID
- secret-belfry-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1973
- Type
- Gate, railings
- Address
- Entrance Gate and Front Railings to Dorset House, New Road, Mistley
- OS grid reference
- TM 108 315
- Coordinates
- 51.94226, 1.06588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gate and front railings to Dorset House date from the 19th century. They are made of cast iron and are set on a low brick wall that encloses the front garden of the house. The design features spear head railings and a matching gate, along with openwork square plan posts that have ball finials.
Local climate
Entrance Gate and Front Railings to Dorset House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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