Ha Ha and Gate Piers to South Front of the Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Garden feature.

Ha Ha and Gate Piers to South Front of the Dower House

WRENN ID
former-pedestal-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Garden feature
Address
Ha Ha and Gate Piers to South Front of the Dower House, Heath Common, Warmfield Cum Heath
OS grid reference
SE 356 200
Coordinates
53.67595, -1.46239
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ha-ha and gate piers at the south front of the Dower House date from the mid-18th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed stone and ashlar. The retaining wall features ashlar, with spiked metal straps at the corners to prevent cattle from using them as rubbing posts. The square ashlar piers are topped with domed caps. A short section of decorative 18th-century wrought-iron fence is attached to the eastern entrance piers. The north-western corner of the wall connects to the ha-ha in front of Heath Hall.

Local climate

Ha Ha and Gate Piers to South Front of the Dower House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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