Wall Enclosing Courtyard South of Whittington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Wall.
Wall Enclosing Courtyard South of Whittington Hall
- WRENN ID
- peeling-belfry-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SD 596 762
- Coordinates
- 54.18006, -2.61989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall enclosing the courtyard south of Whittington Hall dates from the 1830s and is constructed of sandstone rubble with saddleback coping. On the east side, there is an entrance that is flanked by gate piers topped with ball finials. At the southern end of the wall, there is an additional pier with a ball finial. The south side features openings that are fitted with iron railings. On the west side, the wall is stepped up over a chamfered gateway that has a Tudor arch.
Local climate
Wall Enclosing Courtyard South of Whittington Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
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