Gatehouse and Gateway Leading to Penshurst Place and Also to Well Place is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Gatehouse.

Gatehouse and Gateway Leading to Penshurst Place and Also to Well Place

WRENN ID
last-moat-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Type
Gatehouse
OS grid reference
TQ 528 438
Coordinates
51.17318, 0.18454
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatehouse and gateway leading to Penshurst Place and Well Place is a mid to late 19th century lodge that stands two storeys high and features one window. It has a high-pitched tiled roof with a chimney that has diagonal brick shafts. The walls are made of red brick with stone dressings. To the left, there is a screen wall topped with a gable above a Tudor arched gateway, with a small entrance in between. The structure is adorned with cast iron gates and is likely designed by George Devey.

Local climate

Gatehouse and Gateway Leading to Penshurst Place and Also to Well Place receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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