Gateway to Melchet Court is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Gateway.

Gateway to Melchet Court

WRENN ID
shifting-column-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1986
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway to Melchet Court, A27, Sherfield English
OS grid reference
SU 280 227
Coordinates
51.00328, -1.60183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gateway to Melchet Court is a structure built in 1914 by Darcy Braddell. It is made of brick with brick and stone dressings and features an old plain tile roof. The gateway has three bays, with a central two-storey gateway and a room above, flanked by two-storey bays on each side.

In the center, there is a tall stone four-centred arch with carved spandrels. Above the arch, there is an oriel window made of stone, with leaded lights and a tented lead roof, set within a gable that has a large console bracket and finials. The side bays have full-height pilasters on the inner corners, which support consoles leading to the gables, while the outer corners feature brick rustications. Next to the pilasters, there are ledged doors in small moulded brick surrounds.

Each floor has three-light mullioned moulded brick windows with leaded lights. The structure is topped with an openwork brick parapet, and at each end, there are two moulded brick shafted stacks and a hipped roof, with an octagonal stack on the central ridge.

Local climate

Gateway to Melchet Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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