Gate House and Entrance Gatepiers to Chantry Park is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. Gatehouse. 3 related planning applications.
Gate House and Entrance Gatepiers to Chantry Park
- WRENN ID
- kindled-transept-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Gate House and Entrance Gatepiers to Chantry Park, Hadleigh Road
- OS grid reference
- TM 138 443
- Coordinates
- 52.05593, 1.11736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House and entrance gatepiers to Chantry Park is a monumental structure made of white brick and stone, designed in a small temple style that reflects free classical architecture. It likely dates from the mid-19th century, around the same time as alterations to Chantry Park. The building features paired banded corner pilasters, a triglyph frieze, and a pediment at the front. There is a central 8-panel door flanked by small side windows, which also has a pediment supported by console brackets. Above the doorway, a series of windows is separated by inverted consoles. The side elevation includes two windows with rusticated surrounds and voussoired heads.
The entrance gateway to the park is set back from the road and is flanked by low brick walls that curve concavely, topped with stone coping and wrought iron railings between consoles. The heavy wrought iron gates, dating from the mid-19th century, are supported by four square stone rusticated piers, each with cornices and decorative friezes. The larger central piers feature carved faces on their fronts, while the outer piers are topped with ball finials.
Local climate
Gate House and Entrance Gatepiers to Chantry 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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