Gates and Gate Piers at West Entrance to Shortgrove Park is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C18 Gate structure.
Gates and Gate Piers at West Entrance to Shortgrove Park
- WRENN ID
- vacant-hall-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Gate structure
- Address
- Gates and Gate Piers at West Entrance to Shortgrove Park, Newport
- OS grid reference
- TL 519 351
- Coordinates
- 51.9941, 0.21195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and gate piers at the west entrance to Shortgrove Park are a pair of wrought iron gates and red brick gate piers designed in the 18th century style. The heavy wrought iron gates feature intricate scrollwork and beaten metal with foliated designs. The gate piers are banded and topped with stone cornices, while the east gate pier is adorned with an ornamental stone urn.
Local climate
Gates and Gate Piers at West Entrance to Shortgrove Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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