Wharf in Front of First Terrace and Gatepier Attached is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. Wharf.
Wharf in Front of First Terrace and Gatepier Attached
- WRENN ID
- low-wattle-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- Wharf
- Address
- Wharf in Front of First Terrace and Gatepier Attached, Overton, LA3 3HR
- OS grid reference
- SD 426 560
- Coordinates
- 53.99684, -2.87589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wharf in front of the First Terrace at Overton Sunderland Point dates from the mid-18th century. It consists of a sandstone rubble wall that features a flight of stone steps. The wall is topped with 15 octagonal stone posts, although the southernmost post is now broken. At the southern end of the wharf, there is a gate pier made of rusticated sandstone, which has a square plan, a moulded cornice, and a ball finial.
Local climate
Wharf in Front of First Terrace and Gatepier Attached sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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