Forecourt Walls to North of Clarke Hall, and Mounting Blocks is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. Forecourt wall.

Forecourt Walls to North of Clarke Hall, and Mounting Blocks

WRENN ID
last-chamber-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1953
Type
Forecourt wall
Address
Forecourt Walls to North of Clarke Hall, and Mounting Blocks, Aberford Road
OS grid reference
SE 341 221
Coordinates
53.6945, -1.48369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls to the north of Clarke Hall, along with the mounting blocks, date from the 17th or 18th century. The east wall is low, constructed of red brick on the outside and stone on the inside, featuring a flat coping. The taller stone wall to the west has urn-capped piers and a wrought iron gate. Mounting blocks are positioned on either side of the footpath that leads through the cobbled yard to the front door. The wall extends westward, incorporating another gateway.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls to North of Clarke Hall, and Mounting Blocks 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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