The York Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1950. Gate. 5 related planning applications.
The York Gate
- WRENN ID
- idle-stone-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1950
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- The York Gate, Harbour Street, Broadstairs and St. Peters, CT10 1EU
- OS grid reference
- TR 398 678
- Coordinates
- 51.35928, 1.44438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The York Gate is a late 16th-century gatehouse, built around 1540, with repairs undertaken in 1795. It spans Harbour Street, featuring a pointed arch that originally had grooves for a portcullis. A bastion is present on the south-west side of the gate. On the north-east side, only the groove where the portcullis fitted remains. The group value of the building lies in its historical significance as a well-preserved example of an early fortified gateway.
Local climate
The York Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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