Wigwell Grange is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. A Regency House.
Wigwell Grange
- WRENN ID
- wild-beam-raven
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Regency
- Address
- Wigwell Grange, Wirksworth
- OS grid reference
- SK 306 543
- Coordinates
- 53.08583, -1.54408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wigwell Grange is a Regency building dating from 1839. It is constructed of ashlar and has two storeys. The design features convex bays on the sides and five sash windows. There is a cornice hood porch supported by coupled pilasters, which is topped with a balustrade that has ball-head finials. The parapet also includes ball-head finials. Additionally, there is a three-light convex bay on the returned side to the right. This building stands on the site of an earlier house and a monastic grange associated with the convent at Derby.
Local climate
Wigwell Grange receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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