Ha-Ha and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West Front of Heath Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Gate piers.

Ha-Ha and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West Front of Heath Hall

WRENN ID
haunted-tracery-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Gate piers
Address
Ha-Ha and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West Front of Heath Hall, Heath Common, Warmfield Cum Heath
OS grid reference
SE 355 201
Coordinates
53.67661, -1.4636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ha-ha and two pairs of gate piers at the southwest front of Heath Hall date from the mid to late 18th century and are possibly designed by the architect John Carr, who also designed Heath Hall. The structure features a hammer-dressed stone retaining wall with ashlar coping. The drum-shaped gate piers are set on circular plinths and exhibit banded stonework, Roman Doric friezes adorned with triglyphs and guttae, and cornices topped with caps that have Greek-key ornamentation. The east end of the ha-ha includes a quadrant curve and connects to the ha-ha in front of the Dower House.

Local climate

Ha-Ha and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West Front of Heath Hall 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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