The Long Walk and ornamental archway in Rivington Gardens at SD 6390 1400 is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 2013. Staircase, ornamental archway.

The Long Walk and ornamental archway in Rivington Gardens at SD 6390 1400

WRENN ID
waning-dormer-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 2013
Type
Staircase, ornamental archway
OS grid reference
SD 639 140
Coordinates
53.62137, -2.54708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Long Walk and ornamental archway in Rivington Gardens were built from 1906 to a design by Thomas Mawson for Lord Leverhulme. Both features are constructed from gritstone.

The Long Walk is a stone staircase flanked by low walls, extending from a lane near the gate piers to the former Stone Lodge, and continues uphill for approximately 200 meters to the Upper Drive. A path runs south from the Great Lawn, crossing the staircase. At the top of the steps, there is an ornamental archway made of rock-faced gritstone blocks, featuring through stones above the arch. The arch's voussoir is made of thin gritstone slates, topped with a keystone.

Local climate

The Long Walk and ornamental archway in Rivington Gardens at SD 6390 1400 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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