Lodge of Willersley Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1972. Lodge.

Lodge of Willersley Castle

WRENN ID
little-cellar-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 October 1972
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge of Willersley Castle, Willersley Lane, Cromford
OS grid reference
SK 299 572
Coordinates
53.11155, -1.55363
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lodge of Willersley Castle, built around 1792, is a two-storey structure made of coursed stone rubble with an ashlar front. The design features a recessed centre-piece that has an arched head, which encloses one sash window and a plain doorcase below, flanked by sidelights. There is a moulded band and cornice, and the parapet is raised at the sides. A 19th-century cast iron bracketed lantern is positioned over the doorway.

Local climate

Lodge of Willersley Castle receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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