Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Gatehouse.
Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola
- WRENN ID
- narrow-beam-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- SP 194 171
- Coordinates
- 51.85228, -1.71834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a gatehouse and associated landscaping features dating from the 1920s. The gatehouse is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed stone quoins, and has a stone slate roof. It has a rectangular plan. The east-facing gable end features a moulded double-width four-centred arched entrance, and above it a rectangular stone plaque with a moulded hood, and a small ventilation slit. A similar archway is present in the opposite gable end, with an oval stone plaque and ventilation slit above. A plank door is set within a ‘Tudor’-arched surround in the south wall. The gables are finished with flat coping and kneelers, and pointed finials with squared-off bases.
A wall, approximately 2.5 metres high, runs alongside the gatehouse. A cross-gabled pier, approximately 3 metres high, containing a chimney with four lancet-shaped openings on each side, is incorporated into the wall. At the south-east corner of the gatehouse, a garden seat is attached to the wall. The back of the garden seat forms a west-facing semi-circular, shell-headed alcove containing a semi-circular wooden seat, with a keystone. A band circles the back of the alcove, with a segmental stone dated and initialled '19 / M / 22' (Marling) positioned immediately above the band. Two square-headed niches, each containing a column topped with a crown, a King’s (or Queen’s) head, and an heraldic shield, are also present.
A stone flagged pathway leads from the garden seat under a pergola, now approximately 20 metres long, which is attached to the south-west corner of the gatehouse. The pergola’s structure consists of paired rubble-built cylindrical columns supporting a heavy horizontal timber framework. North of the gatehouse, a wooden railing is supported by stone piers with ball finials at regular intervals.
Local climate
Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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