Gateposts to South of Rye House Gatehouse on the Causeway at the South West Corner of the Moat is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. Gateposts.

Gateposts to South of Rye House Gatehouse on the Causeway at the South West Corner of the Moat

WRENN ID
endless-bronze-solstice
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1967
Type
Gateposts
Address
Gateposts to South of Rye House Gatehouse on the Causeway at the South West Corner of the Moat, Rye Road, Stanstead Abbots
OS grid reference
TL 385 098
Coordinates
51.77039, 0.00657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of moulded chimneys serve as gateposts located to the south of the Rye House Gatehouse on the causeway at the southwest corner of the moat. These features likely originated from Rye House, built around 1443, and were repositioned around 1868 by Henry Teale as part of his public pleasure garden. The gateposts are constructed of red brick with stone cappings and stand about 3 metres high. They consist of two tall, spiral fluted chimneys made of moulded brick, featuring moulded bases and capitals that resemble those on the gatehouse. Each post is topped with a square moulded stone capping. These gateposts are also part of a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Gateposts to South of Rye House Gatehouse on the Causeway at the South West Corner of the Moat sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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