Wall and Gatepier Attached to North East Corner of East Front of Apethorpe Palace is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Wall and gatepier.
Wall and Gatepier Attached to North East Corner of East Front of Apethorpe Palace
- WRENN ID
- slow-newel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Wall and gatepier
- OS grid reference
- TL 023 954
- Coordinates
- 52.54743, -0.49143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gatepier attached to the northeast corner of the east front of Apethorpe Palace were built in the early 20th century by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Leonard Brassey, later known as Baron Brassey. The gatepier is made of limestone ashlar and features an obelisk with decorative swags and a ball finial. The squared coursed limestone wall is part of the forecourt layout, which was originally the gravel garden from the early 18th century. This structure, along with the palace, walls, gatepiers, and attached gates, extends approximately 40 meters east of the east front of Apethorpe Palace.
Local climate
Wall and Gatepier Attached to North East Corner of East Front of Apethorpe Palace sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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