Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. A C18 Gate piers.

Gate Piers

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Ilford North MP: Wes Streeting (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers, Valentines Park
OS grid reference
TQ 433 877
Coordinates
51.57069, 0.06668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of gate piers from the early 18th century, made of Portland stone. Each pier features urns with gadrooned covers and acorn finials, standing on square two-stage bases with baluster-form pilasters on each face. They are depicted in a print from 1770 in front of Valentines Mansion, and they were likely moved to their current location on Emerson Road after Ilford Borough Council acquired the house and grounds. Valentines Park is listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II.

Local climate

Gate Piers sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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