The Lion Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1999. A C18 Town gate.
The Lion Gate
- WRENN ID
- waiting-oriel-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1999
- Type
- Town gate
- Address
- The Lion Gate, South Railway Jetty, City of Portsmouth
- OS grid reference
- SU 627 003
- Coordinates
- 50.79975, -1.11025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lion Gate is a town gate that now serves as an entrance to the naval base. It was originally built in 1778, dismantled in the 19th century, and re-erected in its current location in 1929, as indicated by a date stone. The gate is constructed of ashlar and features a central round archway with a tripartite keystone and voussoirs that align with the courses of the rusticated ashlar surround. Flanking the archway are paired pilasters with vermiculated bands that support a cornice and pediment, which includes a lion couchant holding a flag. On either side of the central arch are similar pedestrian archways with round windows above them. To the right of the central arch is a block inscribed with "The Lion Gateway Portsea. Built 1778. Incorporated in this building in the year 1929." The current appearance of the entrances is largely a result of the 1929 rebuilding. The archway was originally one of the town gateways of Portsea.
Local climate
The Lion Gate receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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