Lodge to Woolley Hall Including Walling, Piers, Gate Piers and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1976. Lodge. 1 related planning application.

Lodge to Woolley Hall Including Walling, Piers, Gate Piers and Gates

WRENN ID
forgotten-foundation-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1976
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge to Woolley Hall Including Walling, Piers, Gate Piers and Gates, Barnsley Road
OS grid reference
SE 335 133
Coordinates
53.61542, -1.49464
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge to Woolley Hall, including the surrounding walling, piers, gate piers, and gates, was built around 1820 by Jeffry Wyatt for Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth of Woolley Hall. The structure features ashlar and cast-iron materials. It has tall gate piers adorned with Doric corner pilasters, a frieze, cornice, and a blocking course. There are lower ornamental round-arched pedestrian gateways flanked by curved quadrant walls with panelled ashlar piers, although only the piers on the right side remain. The site includes ornamental cast-iron carriage and pedestrian gates. Behind the southern quadrant is a small lodge, which is now in ruins, but retains a notable doorway with an architrave, apron, and decorative features, including three panels with a raised shield at the center. The flanking ashlar piers have recessed panels.

Inside the lodge, there are four rooms arranged along the curve of the outer wall, with some standing walls and remnants of two fireplaces. A linking passage features remains of a brick barrel vault. The original drawing of the lodge is illustrated in G. Markham's book, "Woolley Hall, The Historical Development of a Country House," published in 1979.

Local climate

Lodge to Woolley Hall Including Walling, Piers, Gate Piers and Gates receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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