Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacement for the former Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 2012. Military structure.
Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacement for the former Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory
- WRENN ID
- twisted-pewter-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 2012
- Type
- Military structure
- Address
- Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacement for the former Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory, Moores Furniture Group Ltd, Queen Mary House, Thorp Arch Trading Estate, Wetherby, Walton, LS23 7BR
- OS grid reference
- SE 455 467
- Coordinates
- 53.91452, -1.30747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a light anti-aircraft gun emplacement built for the former Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory. It is constructed from brick and reinforced concrete, featuring a steel gun mounting. The emplacement is low and circular, nearly 5 meters in diameter, with a flat concrete roof that has a central hole almost 1.5 meters in diameter for the gun mounting to project through. The steel gun mounting is secured onto a concrete pedestal that rises from the floor of the emplacement, allowing the gunner to stand on it, with spare ammunition stored beneath the concrete roof. Access to the ammunition store is provided by a low open doorway on the west side, which is protected by an outer brick blast wall. Additionally, there is a second access point: a very low hatchway, which retains its timber door, located at the base of the emplacement's wall on the southeast side.
Local climate
Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacement for the former Thorp Arch Royal Ordnance Factory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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