St Marys Gate is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1949. A Medieval Gate.
St Marys Gate
- WRENN ID
- dusted-cinder-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1949
- Type
- Gate
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- St Marys Gate, Arundel, Arun
- OS grid reference
- TQ 015 073
- Coordinates
- 50.8564, -0.55874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Mary's Gate is a medieval structure that was rebuilt in the early or mid-19th century. Historical images from 1780 and a print from 1792 show it before the rebuilding, with the side bays intact but the arch collapsed. This former town gate became redundant after the diversion of London Road. The building is constructed from dressed and knapped flint, with Pulborough stone dressings. It stands three storeys tall and features a stringcourse at the eaves level and a crenellated parapet. The gate has three bays, with the central bay flanked by buttresses that support a machicolated second storey. The flanking bays contain rectangular windows with roll-moulded surrounds on the ground and first floors, while the second floor has pointed lancets with roll-moulding surrounds. The central bay features one four-centred arch with chamfered and moulded embrasures on the ground and first storeys, along with three slit openings on the second storey.
Local climate
St Marys Gate receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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