Arch About 30 Metres North of Lea Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1991. Gateway arch.
Arch About 30 Metres North of Lea Hall
- WRENN ID
- weathered-lintel-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1991
- Type
- Gateway arch
- OS grid reference
- TL 528 153
- Coordinates
- 51.81621, 0.21621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a gateway arch located about 30 metres north of Lea Hall, dating from around 1681 and reconstructed on this site in approximately 1931. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a round arch composed of a single order of voussoirs with a keystone, moulded imposts, and square piers. The keystone displays a coronet with a much weathered monogram or arms on its north face. At the springing of the arch, the voussoirs are rendered brick substitutes, and there are brick buttresses on either side supporting the piers.
This arch has been re-erected over the carriageway of a small bridge spanning the moat of Lea Hall. It is reputed to be the entrance arch from Hull Citadel, which was designed by Martin Beckman in 1680 and construction began in 1681. The Citadel ceased military use in the 1850s and was demolished in 1864. The entrance arch was acquired by Company Lambert White, who re-erected it in the grounds of Lambert House in Hedon, near Hull, before it was moved to its current location in 1931 by one of Col. Lambert White's sons.
Local climate
Arch About 30 Metres North of Lea 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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