The Gate House (also known as Park / Gate Lodge) is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. House.
The Gate House (also known as Park / Gate Lodge)
- WRENN ID
- final-granite-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gate House (also known as Park / Gate Lodge), 13 Park Street, Ruabon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 303 437
- Coordinates
- 52.98618, -3.03859
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Gate House, also known as Park or Gate Lodge, is a two-storey building dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of roughly coursed rubble with dressed stone quoins and features a hipped slate roof topped with an octagonal stone chimney. The building has a two-unit plan, with an off-centre entrance that includes a stone canopy. To the right of the entrance is a narrow window, while to the left is another window that has a hoodmould. The upper floor window also has a restored hoodmould. The left-hand side of the building has additional windows with hoodmoulds, along with a later extension on this side and at the rear. Inside, some rooms have exposed beams.
Local climate
The Gate House (also known as Park / Gate Lodge) receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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