Island Wall Running Around Walton Hall Including 2 Boat Houses, Steps and Landing Stage to West is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Wall, boathouse, landing stage.

Island Wall Running Around Walton Hall Including 2 Boat Houses, Steps and Landing Stage to West

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1986
Type
Wall, boathouse, landing stage
OS grid reference
SE 363 162
Coordinates
53.64124, -1.45096
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The island wall surrounding Walton Hall, which includes two boathouses, steps, and a landing stage to the west, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. The curved walls are made of well-coursed masonry and feature regularly spaced projecting piers. The ashlar flat coping slightly projects over the walls. To the west, there is a semicircular landing stage at a lower level, which is accessed by five well-dressed ashlar steps. The boathouses on the left have shallow arches with raised keystones and projecting piers on either side, providing an inner chamber for boats. The roof supports a sundial.

Local climate

Island Wall Running Around Walton Hall Including 2 Boat Houses, Steps and Landing Stage to West 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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