Gate Piers and Surrounding Wall to Library is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Monument.

Gate Piers and Surrounding Wall to Library

WRENN ID
hallowed-portal-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Halton
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1983
Type
Monument
Address
Gate Piers and Surrounding Wall to Library, Castle Road
OS grid reference
SJ 537 818
Coordinates
53.33197, -2.69556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and surrounding wall to the Library, dating from around 1730, are constructed from red sandstone squared blocks. They feature a projecting moulded plinth and moulded caps with ball finials supported by truncated cones. The finials are adorned with round projecting discs on four faces and the top. The piers are integrated into an ashlar wall that has a slightly overhanging half round coping.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Surrounding Wall to Library 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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