Gates and Gatepiers Adjoining North Front of Old Place is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Gates and gatepiers.
Gates and Gatepiers Adjoining North Front of Old Place
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-ember-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Gates and gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- TQ 349 258
- Coordinates
- 51.0166, -0.07759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gates and gatepiers adjoining the north front of Old Place, dating from around 1880, are constructed with two square brick piers featuring sandstone cornices and ball finials. Attached to these piers are elaborate iron gates adorned with scrollwork and intricate gilded wrought iron floral motifs. These features are part of C E Kempe's enhancements to Old Place.
Local climate
Gates and Gatepiers Adjoining North Front of Old Place receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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