Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Whalley Abbey Grounds Adjacent to No. 1a is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Gate piers.

Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Whalley Abbey Grounds Adjacent to No. 1a

WRENN ID
turning-steel-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1967
Type
Gate piers
OS grid reference
SD 733 359
Coordinates
53.81922, -2.40697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of gate piers, likely built in the mid-19th century, marks the entrance to the grounds of Whalley Abbey, located next to No. 1A. They are constructed from sandstone ashlar and are square in shape. The piers feature chamfered rustication and are topped with caps that have ball finials.

Local climate

Pair of Gatepiers at Entrance to Whalley Abbey Grounds Adjacent to No. 1a 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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