Entrance Gatepiers, Gates and Forecourt Pool Surround at Pearce's Leather Works Pearce's Leather Works is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 2002. Gatepiers, gates, surround.
Entrance Gatepiers, Gates and Forecourt Pool Surround at Pearce's Leather Works Pearce's Leather Works
- WRENN ID
- rusted-hearth-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 2002
- Type
- Gatepiers, gates, surround
- Address
- Entrance Gatepiers, Gates and Forecourt Pool Surround at Pearce's Leather Works Pearce's Leather Works, Wellingborough Road, Billing
- OS grid reference
- SP 800 627
- Coordinates
- 52.2575, -0.82795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gatepiers, gates, and forecourt pool surround at Pearce's Leather Works were built in 1939 by Wilfrid Lawson Carter. The gatepiers are made of rendered and whitewashed brick, featuring brick plinths and stone caps. The main piers have taller stone caps that are pierced with square and rectangular holes for lighting. Between the main piers are iron carriage gates with a geometrical design, along with pedestrian gates of a similar design on either side. Beyond these are lower piers.
Aligned with the entrance gates and the factory entrance is a long forecourt pool, which has a flat plain surround with canted corners at the entrance end. The gatepiers, gates, and pool are part of a significant group with the Pearce's Leather Works factory and the generator and garage block.
Local climate
Entrance Gatepiers, Gates and Forecourt Pool Surround at Pearce's Leather Works Pearce's Leather Works sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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