Gateway and Wall Enclosing Gardens of Nos 9 to 12 Stephens Close is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Gateway, wall.
Gateway and Wall Enclosing Gardens of Nos 9 to 12 Stephens Close
- WRENN ID
- ancient-thatch-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Gateway, wall
- Address
- Gateway and Wall Enclosing Gardens of Nos 9 to 12 Stephens Close, Old Gate Road, Faversham
- OS grid reference
- TR 009 616
- Coordinates
- 51.3181, 0.8819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and wall enclosing the gardens of Nos 9 to 12 Stephens Close, located on Old Gate Road in Davington, were originally part of the garden for Davington Court. The wall is made of red brick and previously enclosed the garden, but the north-west end has been demolished. An archway dated 1624 is situated towards the northern end of the wall. This arch is obtusely pointed with chamfered jambs and is flanked by obelisk-shaped pilasters, featuring a dripstone, cornice, and a truncated pediment above. The upper sections of the pilasters are made of red brick, while the arch and lower parts of the pilasters are covered with a thin layer of cement. There is also a simpler gateway in the wall enclosing the garden to No 9, which has a similarly shaped stone arch and a truncated brick pediment above it. Additionally, part of the original wall remains in the north-east corner of the garden to No 9, which includes a fine round-headed moulded stone gateway incorporated within it.
Local climate
Gateway and Wall Enclosing Gardens of Nos 9 to 12 Stephens Close sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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