Gatehouse and South Courtyard Walls to Cranborne Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Gatehouse.

Gatehouse and South Courtyard Walls to Cranborne Manor House

WRENN ID
winter-corner-jet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1955
Type
Gatehouse
OS grid reference
SU 053 131
Coordinates
50.91807, -1.92577
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatehouse and south courtyard walls to Cranborne Manor House date from the early 17th century and have undergone various alterations. The walls are constructed of English bond brickwork topped with tiled coping. The gatehouse features English-bond brickwork and has pyramidal roofs with stone-slate margins. It includes a central gateway flanked by two small, two-storey lodges set at an angle. The gateway is made of ashlar and has a moulded, semi-circular arch, above which are two brick merlons. The lodges are designed with square-headed stone-mullioned windows that have returned labels.

Local climate

Gatehouse and South Courtyard Walls to Cranborne Manor House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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