Wolferton Station Gates, Piers and Railings to Downside is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A Modern Gates.

Wolferton Station Gates, Piers and Railings to Downside

WRENN ID
fallow-pedestal-bistre
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Type
Gates
Period
Modern
Address
Wolferton Station Gates, Piers and Railings to Downside, Sandringham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 660 285
Coordinates
52.82884, 0.46254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wolferton Station gates, piers, and railings at Downside were constructed around 1898. They feature wrought iron and brick, with carstone and limestone detailing. The low gates, which open forward, are 3.7 meters wide and adorned with scroll work above the top rail. On either side of the gates are attached panels that match in style and dimensions. These panels are connected to tall brick piers decorated with carstone and topped with stone caps, each capped by a lantern similar to those on the gate piers of the original station.

To the right of the gateway, there are forward splays from the lantern piers, while the left side has four small piers and four wrought iron panels, with the fourth pier topped by a stone ball. The right side features four piers and an additional five piers that extend along the former railway line to the downside platform, with ten wrought iron panels.

The walls, piers, and wrought iron panels at the rear of the lantern piers mirror the front, with the left side having seventeen piers and seventeen panels, the eleventh pier also topped by a stone ball, and the right side consisting of five piers and five panels attached to the angle of Downside. This gateway serves as the exit from the downside Royal Waiting Rooms and is part of a group with Downside.

Local climate

Wolferton Station Gates, Piers and Railings to Downside receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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