Entrance Gates Piers and Railings to West Woodhay House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Gate.
Entrance Gates Piers and Railings to West Woodhay House
- WRENN ID
- final-loggia-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Gate
- OS grid reference
- SU 386 633
- Coordinates
- 51.36751, -1.44677
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates, piers, and railings to West Woodhay House are 18th century features that have undergone 20th century restoration. The gates are made of wrought iron and are complemented by brick piers topped with stone caps and a brick dwarf wall. The double wrought iron gates include dog rails, a scroll lock panel, and scroll standards, and they are flanked by square brick piers with moulded stone corniced caps that support curved stone vases. On either side of the gates, there are approximately 20 meters of spear-headed railings with dog rails, set on dwarf brick walls and also flanked by square brick piers with stone corniced caps.
Local climate
Entrance Gates Piers and Railings to West Woodhay House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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