Wall at White Gables and the Wilderness is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. A C19 Wall.
Wall at White Gables and the Wilderness
- WRENN ID
- silent-moulding-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall at White Gables and the Wilderness, Main Street, Empingham, LE15 8PS
- OS grid reference
- SK 955 088
- Coordinates
- 52.66901, -0.58882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall at White Gables and The Wilderness is likely from the early 19th century and is made of coursed rubble stone. It stands approximately 2 meters high and runs along Main Street in front of the house, serving partly as a retaining wall. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Wall at White Gables and the Wilderness sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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