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

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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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