Entrance Gateway of Chiswick Park and Flanking Walls on Great West Road is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1973. Gateway.

Entrance Gateway of Chiswick Park and Flanking Walls on Great West Road

WRENN ID
old-hall-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1973
Type
Gateway
Address
Entrance Gateway of Chiswick Park and Flanking Walls on Great West Road, Burlington Lane W4
OS grid reference
TQ 210 779
Coordinates
51.48735, -0.2585
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The entrance gateway of Chiswick Park, along with its flanking walls on Great West Road, features vermiculated rusticated gate piers that rest on a plain plinth. The entablature above includes a Greek key frieze, swag ornament, and a cornice topped with a statue of a sphinx. The ashlar wall has a plinth and a single central wreath ornament, while the rusticated end piers support garlanded covered urns. Chiswick House, along with the garden buildings and ornaments, forms a cohesive group with this gateway.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway of Chiswick Park and Flanking Walls on Great West Road 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Temple (Rustic House) at End of Yew Walk North East of Chiswick House Grade I 125 m
  2. Gates, Gate Piers and Walls to the Walled Gardens, Chiswick House Grounds Grade II 146 m
  3. Chiswick House Conservatory Grade I 224 m
  4. Doric Column in Chiswick Park North East of Conservatory Grade I 235 m
  5. Hogarths House Wall and Gate of Hogarths House Grade I 242 m
  6. Deer House in Chiswick Park Near Italian Garden Grade I 250 m
  7. Series of Urns in Italian Garden of Chiswick House Grade II 276 m
  8. Retaining Walls of Pond in Chiswick Park Grade II 278 m
  9. Inigo Jones's Gateway in Chiswick Park Grade I 329 m
  10. Three Male Statues from Hadrian's Villa in Chiswick Park Grade I 329 m