Winchester Prison Entrance Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1974. Entrance gate.

Winchester Prison Entrance Gate

WRENN ID
hollow-newel-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Winchester
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1974
Type
Entrance gate
Address
Winchester Prison Entrance Gate, Romsey Road
OS grid reference
SU 472 294
Coordinates
51.06259, -1.32773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Winchester Prison Entrance Gate, located on Romsey Road, was built between 1848 and 1850 by Pearse. The gate features a rendered and painted exterior with a rusticated arch and corner pilasters, topped with a cornice.

Local climate

Winchester Prison Entrance Gate receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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