Gate Piers to West of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 2002. Gate piers.
Gate Piers to West of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
- WRENN ID
- blind-chamber-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 2002
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers to West of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, Harvey's Lane, Little Horsted
- OS grid reference
- TQ 477 161
- Coordinates
- 50.92546, 0.1016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers to the west of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum are a pair of gate piers with a gate, designed in 1966 and built in 1967 by architect Raymond Erith for Gerald Askew. They feature banded vermiculated flints set on a Portland stone base, with stone dressings and tops. The round shape of the piers was influenced by the use of flints, and they are topped with urns. The timber gate has been restored to its original design for the Millennium.
Raymond Erith extended Bentley Farm for Mr and Mrs Askew between 1961 and 1971, having been commissioned in 1959. These gate piers were designed as part of a cohesive whole, with the use of flint reflecting the materials used in the construction of the 18th century listed house. In 1966, Erith described the gate as intended to evoke a "horse" period style—smart yet rustic, aligning with an older and more traditional aesthetic. The gate was installed in the same year that Bentley Farm first opened to the public.
Local climate
Gate Piers to West of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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