Walls and Gateways to Front Court of Betteshanger House is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1973. Walls, gateways. 1 related planning application.
Walls and Gateways to Front Court of Betteshanger House
- WRENN ID
- stranded-column-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1973
- Type
- Walls, gateways
- Address
- Walls and Gateways to Front Court of Betteshanger House, Northbourne, CT14 0NN
- OS grid reference
- TR 310 525
- Coordinates
- 51.22519, 1.3082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls and gateways to the front court of Betteshanger House were built in the late 19th century and designed by George Devey. They are constructed of brown brick, featuring stone finials and coping. The front courtyard is enclosed by a low wall that includes some flint and ragstone, extending approximately 20 meters to the east of the house and then about 50 meters further east, with semi-circular sweeps that create entrances to the courtyard. Iron lampstands are positioned on the wall. At the eastern end, the wall rises to about 5 feet and is topped with ball finials, while double leaf wrought iron gates are set in a semi-circular arched doorway, leading to a small sunk garden. This garden is bounded by a low brick wall that has a cornice and ball finials on the low corner piers. There are flights of steps that provide access to the south and east garden fronts of Betteshanger House.
Local climate
Walls and Gateways to Front Court of Betteshanger House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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