Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Overton Drive is a Grade II* listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1954. Gatepier.

Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Overton Drive

WRENN ID
dusted-ember-juniper
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Leyton and Wanstead MP: Mr Calvin Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1954
Type
Gatepier
Address
Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Overton Drive, Blake Hall Road E11
OS grid reference
TQ 403 875
Coordinates
51.56965, 0.02368
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of gatepiers at the entrance to Overton Drive, likely built in the early 18th century, are made of rusticated Portland stone. Each pier features applied pilasters with enriched panels and Corinthian capitals, as well as a cornice and pedestal, although the finials are missing. The sides of the piers display the interlaced monograms of Sir Richard Child, the first Earl of Tylney. These gatepiers are part of the Colen Campbell rebuilding that took place between 1715 and 1722 and represent one of the original entrances to Wanstead Park.

Local climate

Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Overton Drive 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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.

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