Entrance Gateway and Piers to Helmingham Park, Between Front Lodges to Oak Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Gateway.
Entrance Gateway and Piers to Helmingham Park, Between Front Lodges to Oak Walk
- WRENN ID
- plain-sentry-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Entrance Gateway and Piers to Helmingham Park, Between Front Lodges to Oak Walk, Ipswich Road
- OS grid reference
- TM 189 574
- Coordinates
- 52.17157, 1.20046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gateway and piers to Helmingham Park, located between the front lodges to Oak Walk, were constructed around 1900 in the style of the early 18th century. The gates, dating from the 18th or early 19th century, were brought from the Tollemache family seat at Ham House in Richmond Park around the same time. The heavy square gatepiers stand about 5 meters high and feature moulded limestone bases and cornices, with the piers made of very finely gauged red brickwork. Each pier is topped with the Tollemache emblem, a black winged horse's head. The wrought iron gates include side panels and a scrolled crown. On either side of the piers, there are spearhead railings in sections, which are supported by octagonal red brick piers with limestone finials.
Local climate
Entrance Gateway and Piers to Helmingham Park, Between Front Lodges to Oak Walk sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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