Dent De Lion Gateway is a Grade II* listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1951. A Medieval Gateway.

Dent De Lion Gateway

WRENN ID
riven-flue-ridge
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1951
Type
Gateway
Period
Medieval
Address
Dent De Lion Gateway, Dent De Lion Road
OS grid reference
TR 332 696
Coordinates
51.37777, 1.34985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dent de Lion Gateway is a 15th-century structure located on Dent de Lion Road in Garlinge. This scheduled ancient monument was once owned by Charles James Fox. The gateway features a flat stone carriage arch alongside a pointed arch for pedestrians, both of which are stone faced. The arches are flanked by four square towers, which are constructed alternately with courses of knapped flints and red brick, featuring long and short stone quoins at the base. The towers are topped with battlements, and a few corbels remain. The center is crenellated and includes arrow-slit windows, with each tower containing a newel staircase. The rear of the gateway has an arch made solely of unknapped flintwork, with brick quoins.

Local climate

Dent De Lion Gateway 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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