North West Entrance Gate to Connaught Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Gate.
North West Entrance Gate to Connaught Barracks
- WRENN ID
- rough-joist-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich MP: Matthew Pennycook (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1973
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- North West Entrance Gate to Connaught Barracks, Grand Depot Road Se18
- OS grid reference
- TQ 433 784
- Coordinates
- 51.4868, 0.06355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The north-west entrance gate to Connaught Barracks is an early 19th-century structure featuring square brick piers that have stone plinths, cornices, and blocking courses. It includes a decorative wrought iron overthrow with a central lamp holder. The wrought iron double gates are mounted on hinges attached to stone jambs that are set into the sides of the piers.
Local climate
North West Entrance Gate to Connaught Barracks 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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