Dwarf Wall and Gatepiers in Front of Bankfield House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. A C19 Gate, wall.
Dwarf Wall and Gatepiers in Front of Bankfield House
- WRENN ID
- secret-clay-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate, wall
- Address
- Dwarf Wall and Gatepiers in Front of Bankfield House, Almondbury Bank
- OS grid reference
- SE 158 162
- Coordinates
- 53.64209, -1.7617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dwarf wall and gatepiers in front of Bankfield House date from the mid-19th century. They are constructed from ashlar and feature cast iron gates. The wall has a moulded coping, while the gatepiers have sunk panels and moulded caps. The ornamental gates are designed to ramp upwards towards the center.
Local climate
Dwarf Wall and Gatepiers in Front of Bankfield House 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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