Iron Gate and Gate Piers at NW entrance to Leighton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 December 1982. Gate.

Iron Gate and Gate Piers at NW entrance to Leighton Hall

WRENN ID
gilded-eave-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 December 1982
Type
Gate
Address
Iron Gate and Gate Piers at NW entrance to Leighton Hall, Leighton Park, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
OS grid reference
SJ 240 046
Coordinates
52.634, -3.12433
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure is a wrought iron gate with cast iron piers located at the northwest entrance to Leighton Hall. The piers consist of two tiers of open tracery, featuring square bases and octagonal caps. The gate itself is designed with four bays of round arches that include inset trefoils and fleur de lys finials. Below the arches, there are railings that also display similar finials.

Local climate

Iron Gate and Gate Piers at NW entrance to Leighton Hall receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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