Hampton Court Lion Gates is a Grade I listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. A C18 Gate.
Hampton Court Lion Gates
- WRENN ID
- hushed-steeple-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Constituency
- Twickenham MP: Munira Wilson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate
- OS grid reference
- TQ 157 687
- Coordinates
- 51.40634, -0.3371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lion Gates at Hampton Court are an early 18th-century structure designed by Sir Christopher Wren. They feature two piers made of Portland stone, each adorned with paired Doric three-quarter columns, a triglyph frieze, and a cornice. At the top of the piers are armorial plaques and lions. The outer screen walls are decorated with pineapples. The wrought-iron gates showcase intricate scrollwork, with a large central pair flanked by smaller gates on either side. The piers display Queen Anne's monogram, while the gates bear the monogram of George I.
Local climate
Hampton Court Lion Gates sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
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