Gates to Drive of the College is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1983. Gate. 8 related planning applications.
Gates to Drive of the College
- WRENN ID
- cold-bonework-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1983
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- Gates to Drive of the College, Brettenham, IP24 2SE
- OS grid reference
- TL 923 813
- Coordinates
- 52.39608, 0.82554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates to the drive of The College, dating from the late 19th century, feature timber gate piers that are square in shape and topped with spherical finials. The gates themselves are square and divided into quarters, with the lower half displaying a heavy lozenge openwork design and the upper half being balustered. There are three spherical finials in total. These gates are included for their group value.
Local climate
Gates to Drive of the College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Related listed building consents — 8 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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