Outer Terrace Wall North of Lowther Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. A Georgian Garden wall.
Outer Terrace Wall North of Lowther Castle
- WRENN ID
- quiet-lead-storm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Garden wall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Outer Terrace Wall North of Lowther Castle, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 522 239
- Coordinates
- 54.60843, -2.74126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The outer garden terrace wall north of Lowther Castle was built between 1806 and 1810 by Sir Robert Smirke for the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. It features walls made of calciferous sandstone ashlar and has battlemented parapets. The wall is roughly C-shaped and includes a central lodge, which is listed separately. Each corner of the wall has a small rectangular turret with loops. This structure is recognized for its group value with Lowther Castle.
Local climate
Outer Terrace Wall North of Lowther Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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