The Gate House and archway is a Grade II* listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1972. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Gate House and archway
- WRENN ID
- strange-corridor-heron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gate House and archway, High Street, Hurley, SL6 5NB
- OS grid reference
- SU 825 840
- Coordinates
- 51.54966, -0.81066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House and archway, in Hurley, is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of brick and flint, with some clunch, and has an old tiled roof. The building has a rectangular plan with a cross gable on the south side, adjacent to the Refectory, which is listed separately. It is two storeys and an attic in height. A tall chimney is located on the rear (east) roof slope, and a smaller chimney sits on the ridge of the gabled section.
The west front, which serves as the entrance, features irregular two- and three-light, 20th-century leaded casement windows. There are two windows in the attic of the right-hand gable, and four other windows on the first floor. On the ground floor are two large, semi-circular brick arches that have been blocked and replaced with wooden garage doors in the base of the northernmost arch. A four-panel, 20th-century door is located to the right of the arches. To the right, adjoining the house and the church (listed separately), is a stone archway leading to the Cloisters and the Refectory (listed separately). This round-headed arch features a parapet, tile coping, and a niche above the corbel ledge.
The interior of the northern part of the building contains a fine 16th-century roof with arched braces and run-out stops. The cross gable to the south has two bays with staggered purlins dating from the 17th to 18th centuries.
Local climate
The Gate House and archway 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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