Gatepier and Wall to Right of Entrance to Watford Court Formerly Listed As Gatepiers on Road North of Watford Court is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1968. A C18 Gatepier and wall. 1 related planning application.
Gatepier and Wall to Right of Entrance to Watford Court Formerly Listed As Gatepiers on Road North of Watford Court
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1968
- Type
- Gatepier and wall
- Address
- Gatepier and Wall to Right of Entrance to Watford Court Formerly Listed As Gatepiers on Road North of Watford Court, Kilsby Road, NN6 7UR
- OS grid reference
- SP 602 691
- Coordinates
- 52.31719, -1.11712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century gatepier and attached wall located on the west side of Kilsby Road, Watford, to the right of the entrance to Watford Court. The gatepier is square and constructed of rusticated limestone, with the upper portion concealed by ivy. A short section of wall runs alongside the gatepier to the right, built of coursed squared ironstone and topped with a moulded stone coping.
Local climate
Gatepier and Wall to Right of Entrance to Watford Court Formerly Listed As Gatepiers on Road North of Watford Court receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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