Pair of Entrance Piers to South East Entrance of People's Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Entrance pier.

Pair of Entrance Piers to South East Entrance of People's Park

WRENN ID
idle-dormer-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Entrance pier
Address
Pair of Entrance Piers to South East Entrance of People's Park, Park Road
OS grid reference
SE 086 248
Coordinates
53.71972, -1.87086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of ornamental stone piers, dating from 1856, marks the south-east entrance of People's Park. Each pier is topped with a ball finial. These piers are part of a group of listed buildings along Park Road.

Local climate

Pair of Entrance Piers to South East Entrance of People's Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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