Gates and Gatepiers 40 Metres East of Rous Memeorial Hospital (Centre Block) is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1970. Gates and gatepiers.
Gates and Gatepiers 40 Metres East of Rous Memeorial Hospital (Centre Block)
- WRENN ID
- tangled-fireplace-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1970
- Type
- Gates and gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- TL 648 634
- Coordinates
- 52.24432, 0.41257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and gatepiers, located about 40 metres east of the Rous Memorial Hospital, were constructed around 1878. They provide an entrance from Vicarage Road to the garden that is enclosed by the Rous Memorial Cottages on three sides. The gatepiers are square and made of red brick, featuring a cornice of moulded brick and topped with ball-finials made of sandstone. The entrance includes a pair of wrought iron gates adorned with scroll ornamentation. These gates and gatepiers are included for their group value.
Local climate
Gates and Gatepiers 40 Metres East of Rous Memeorial Hospital (Centre Block) 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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