Willow Bank Gate and Railings is a Grade II* listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 December 1964. A Georgian House.

Willow Bank Gate and Railings

WRENN ID
bitter-wicket-onyx
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 December 1964
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
Willow Bank Gate and Railings, 50, Front Street, Morton
OS grid reference
SK 806 915
Coordinates
53.41438, -0.78743
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Willow Bank is a house with a gate and railings, built around 1720 and altered in the early 19th century. It features orange brick and a concrete tiled roof. The front has five bays and was originally two storeys with a garret, but was raised to three full storeys in the 19th century. The central entrance has a six-panelled door with an overlight, surrounded by a plain wooden frame with pilasters that support a narrow frieze and hood. This door is flanked by pairs of glazing bar sash windows. On the first floor, there are five glazing bar sashes, and on the second floor, there are five smaller glazing bar sashes, all with segmental brick heads.

Inside, the dog leg staircase has turned and knopped balusters and a carved string. The ground floor front room on the right is fully panelled and features a dentillated cornice, a panelled beam, and two alcoves with semi-circular heads and panelled reveals. The first and second floors contain fully panelled 18th-century cupboards, one of which has L and H hinges. The first-floor bedrooms have small grates fitted with Delft tiles. The 19th-century railings and gate are topped with a rail and decorative pointed finials, sitting on a stone plinth.

Local climate

Willow Bank Gate and Railings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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