Gates, Gatepiers and Balustrading to Forecourt of Castle Ashby is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. Gates and balustrading.

Gates, Gatepiers and Balustrading to Forecourt of Castle Ashby

WRENN ID
vast-loft-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Type
Gates and balustrading
Address
Gates, Gatepiers and Balustrading to Forecourt of Castle Ashby, Castle Ashby Park
OS grid reference
SP 862 591
Coordinates
52.22369, -0.73914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gates, gatepiers, and balustrading at the forecourt of Castle Ashby were designed by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt in 1865 for the 3rd Marquis of Northampton. They are made of limestone, terracotta, and wrought iron. The structure features lavish gates and gatepiers at either end of a low retaining wall. The gatepiers are crafted from terracotta in an early Renaissance style and are topped with cherubs holding cartouches of arms, with a marquis coronet above. There are lower pedestrian gates flanking the main gates, which are made of ornamental wrought iron, along with scrolled railings on either side. The low stone parapet wall has terracotta coping and urns on the piers.

Local climate

Gates, Gatepiers and Balustrading to Forecourt of Castle Ashby sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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