Avery Hill Training College (Entrance Gate and Adjoining Lodge) is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Entrance gate, lodge.

Avery Hill Training College (Entrance Gate and Adjoining Lodge)

WRENN ID
final-transept-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1973
Type
Entrance gate, lodge
OS grid reference
TQ 442 745
Coordinates
51.45164, 0.07474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Avery Hill Training College features an entrance gate and adjoining lodge, built in the late 19th century. The large gateway has a tall, round arched central entrance flanked by smaller side entrances. It is constructed of red brick and topped with a very high pitched, hipped tiled roof, which includes angle turrets with spike finials. The arches are adorned with moulded brick architraves, and the main arch displays a coat of arms on the keystone, supported by flanking pilasters and an entablature, all made of brick. The side sections have entablatures at the impost level of the central arch. The gateway is fitted with wrought iron patterned double gates.

To the right of the gateway is a one-storey lodge with an attic, also made of red brick and featuring a high pitched tiled roof. It has a central chimney along the ridge, a large square dormer, and a projecting ground floor with small windows. The inner elevation of the lodge includes one storey and an attic with two windows, two Dutch gabled dormers that reach the eaves, and two and three-light sash windows on the ground floor. The inner elevation of the gateway is covered in creeper.

Local climate

Avery Hill Training College (Entrance Gate and Adjoining Lodge) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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