Iron Gate and Gate Piers to Park at Gilston Park is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Gate. 6 related planning applications.
Iron Gate and Gate Piers to Park at Gilston Park
- WRENN ID
- weathered-window-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Iron Gate and Gate Piers to Park at Gilston Park, Gilston Lane, CM20 2SF
- OS grid reference
- TL 444 129
- Coordinates
- 51.79655, 0.09374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century iron gate, originally part of the park at Gilston Park. The gate is wide and made of wrought iron, supported by square iron piers with a neo-classical design. Short lengths of projecting railing run along each side of the piers. Each pier features cast anthemion ornament and urns at the corners, with similar urns also marking the ends of the railings. The upper part of the piers has crossed members with dished bosses at the intersection and where they meet the main uprights. Scrolls support a lattice rail topped with spearheads in the lower part of the piers, and a similar lattice rail separates a lower section with alternating bars and arrows from an upper section with spears rising through the top member, which is swept down to meet a curved rail arching up from the middle rail. This is a delicate example of neo-classical wrought ironwork. It was likely moved from near the main house when Gilston Park was rebuilt in a Gothic style by Hardwick for John Hodgson in 1852.
Local climate
Iron Gate and Gate Piers to Park at Gilston 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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