Gateway to Fort, Hillsborough Fort, Hillsborough, County Down, **See General comments** is a listed building in the Lisburn and Castlereagh local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Gateway to Fort, Hillsborough Fort, Hillsborough, County Down, **See General comments**

WRENN ID
western-moulding-solstice
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Constituency
Lagan Valley MP: Sorcha Eastwood (APNI)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 242 586
Coordinates
54.46105, -6.08425
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This structure at Hillsborough Fort serves as a gateway and screen. It was surveyed during the First Survey but was not formally listed. A partial record was taken during the Second Survey, as the gate screen itself is a Scheduled Monument (DOW 014:012). The building currently functions as gates, a screen, and a lodge. It does not have a statutory listing and is not recognized for either architectural or historical interest.

Local climate

Gateway to Fort, Hillsborough Fort, Hillsborough, County Down, **See General comments** receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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