North Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1952. A Perpendicular Gate.
North Gate
- WRENN ID
- dark-spandrel-summer
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1952
- Type
- Gate
- Address
- North Gate, the Close, Salisbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 142 297
- Coordinates
- 51.06694, -1.79768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Gate is a Grade I listed building located in The Close, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. It features a Perpendicular architectural style and is constructed of coursed stone over two storeys.
The south front showcases a large, moulded, three-centred arch that spans the roadway. Above this arch, there are two 2-light stone mullioned casements with pointed arched lights on the first floor, which flank a central niche supported by small side buttresses and topped with a carved canopy. Inside the niche is a modern statue of King Edward VII. The wall is adorned with moulded battlemented cresting, which is further enhanced with cusped panel ornament on a moulded string and shields in the upper parts of the battlements.
The north front is more elaborate, featuring a similar archway that is framed by a rectangular drip mould, enriched spandrels, and a band of raised circles above, decorated with a quatrefoil panel treatment. It also has two similar first-floor windows flanking a large central Coat of Arms. The gates are made of 17th-century panelled oak and feature miniature crenellation, although the portcullis has been removed.
All the listed buildings in The Close create an outstanding group.
Local climate
North Gate receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 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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