Piers and Dwarf Wall at Entrance to Ravensknowle Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Piers and dwarf wall.
Piers and Dwarf Wall at Entrance to Ravensknowle Park
- WRENN ID
- over-rubble-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Piers and dwarf wall
- Address
- Piers and Dwarf Wall at Entrance to Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Road, HD5 8DJ
- OS grid reference
- SE 162 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64562, -1.75596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers and dwarf wall at the entrance to Ravensknowle Park were constructed between 1859 and 1862. This structure features ten piers that once supported railings, connected by a dwarf wall made of ashlar stone. The design includes round-arched panels, double curved caps, and finials adorned with carved foliage in relief.
Local climate
Piers and Dwarf Wall at Entrance to Ravensknowle Park sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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