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

Gate Piers and Gates of Willersley Castle

WRENN ID
blind-bailey-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 October 1972
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers and Gates of Willersley Castle, Willersley Lane, Cromford
OS grid reference
SK 299 572
Coordinates
53.11144, -1.55358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers and gates of Willersley Castle date from around 1792. They consist of two pairs of rusticated stone gate piers, each topped with moulded cornice caps and featuring a fluted frieze. There are also two plain single wrought iron gates.

Local climate

Gate Piers and Gates 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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