Wall on North-East Side of Playing Field Returning 70 Metres on South-East Side and Including A Pair of Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Wall.
Wall on North-East Side of Playing Field Returning 70 Metres on South-East Side and Including A Pair of Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- steep-parapet-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SD 692 390
- Coordinates
- 53.84686, -2.46946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a low sandstone ashlar wall located on the north-east side of a playing field, extending 70 metres along the south-east side and featuring a pair of gate piers. The wall dates from the 19th century and is topped by cast iron railings, which are a replica of those connecting two garden pavilions. The railings are designed with shaped fluted piers and barleysugar detailing. The sandstone gate piers are square in section, adorned with dentilled cornices and finials, with the north-eastern pier still retaining its ball finial.
Local climate
Wall on North-East Side of Playing Field Returning 70 Metres on South-East Side and Including A Pair of Gate Piers sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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