The New Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A Medieval Gate.

The New Gate

WRENN ID
tired-passage-foxglove
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1961
Type
Gate
Period
Medieval
Address
The New Gate, Wickham Rock Lane, Icklesham
OS grid reference
TQ 901 164
Coordinates
50.91609, 0.70308
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The New Gate is a ruin of the third medieval gate of the town, dating from the late 13th century. It is constructed from stone rubble and features a high four-centred archway with splayed flanking portions that contain recesses. The site is also designated as a scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

The New Gate receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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