Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Gate, wall.
Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle
- WRENN ID
- eternal-lead-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate, wall
- Address
- Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 500 451
- Coordinates
- 51.186, 0.14547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and entrance gate to Chiddingstone Castle is an early 19th-century structure located on the south side of High Street in Chiddingstone. It features square stone piers with ornamental carved and moulded stone "Gothic" abaci, which support screen walls made of local ashlar stonework topped with moulded coping. The entrance is adorned with ornamental cast and wrought iron gates that include a monogram above. This gateway is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 4 (consecutive), No 6, The Castle Inn, and the Gate to Chiddingstone Castle.
Local climate
Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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