Dwarf Wall and Gate Piers to Birkby Junior School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Wall and gate piers.
Dwarf Wall and Gate Piers to Birkby Junior School
- WRENN ID
- noble-doorway-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Wall and gate piers
- Address
- Dwarf Wall and Gate Piers to Birkby Junior School, Wasp Nest Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 143 181
- Coordinates
- 53.65933, -1.78428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dwarf wall and gate piers to Birkby Junior School were built in the late 19th century. The wall is made of hammer-dressed stone, while the gate piers are constructed from ashlar. The piers have a geometric design, being square in section at the base, cylindrical in the middle, and pyramidal at the top, featuring simple mouldings.
Local climate
Dwarf Wall and Gate Piers to Birkby Junior School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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