Gateway to the Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Gateway.
Gateway to the Castle
- WRENN ID
- ruined-footing-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to the Castle, Castle Street
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 929
- Coordinates
- 50.72594, -3.52976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gateway to the Castle, located on Castle Street, was constructed in 1770. It features an opening in the Castle Wall and was built using re-used stones. A decorative sham portcullis was also added at this time. This gateway is part of a group of listed buildings along Castle Street.
Local climate
Gateway to the Castle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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