Gatepiers Circa 80 Metres South of Turton Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. Gatepiers.
Gatepiers Circa 80 Metres South of Turton Tower
- WRENN ID
- hollow-joist-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1967
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- SD 730 151
- Coordinates
- 53.63214, -2.40889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers, located approximately 80 metres south of Turton Tower, date from around 1840. They are constructed from rusticated ashlar and consist of a pair of large square piers topped with moulded caps and ball finials. The gatepiers feature wrought iron gates adorned with crests.
Local climate
Gatepiers Circa 80 Metres South of Turton Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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