Retaining Wall to Terrace on North and East Sides of Thurland Castle, with Wall from House to Entrance Gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall to Terrace on North and East Sides of Thurland Castle, with Wall from House to Entrance Gateway

WRENN ID
quiet-copper-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1985
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall to Terrace on North and East Sides of Thurland Castle, with Wall from House to Entrance Gateway, Cantsfield
OS grid reference
SD 610 730
Coordinates
54.15222, -2.59724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall to the terrace on the north and east sides of Thurland Castle dates from the 1880s, although it incorporates earlier remains. The terrace retaining wall features a crenellated design and includes buttresses with offsets. The north and south corners of the terrace have rounded projections that are treated as bastions. On the north side, the wall returns against the house, while on the south side, it connects with the wall leading from the house to the entrance gateway. This connecting wall contains two moulded doorways and, towards its northern end, features some re-set stone dressings that appear to date from around 1600.

Local climate

Retaining Wall to Terrace on North and East Sides of Thurland Castle, with Wall from House to Entrance Gateway 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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