Gateway to Broughton Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Gateway.

Gateway to Broughton Tower

WRENN ID
fading-gable-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1990
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway to Broughton Tower, the Square, Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 212 876
Coordinates
54.27832, -3.21123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway to Broughton Tower is a structure likely built in the 19th century. It is made of dressed stone and ashlar, featuring some rock-faced dressings. The gateway has square ashlar piers with Tuscan angle pilasters, and the caps of these piers are topped with ball finials. The flanking walls are angled forward, with the coping raised at the centers above round arches. The cast iron gates have ramped tops and decorative finials.

Local climate

Gateway to Broughton Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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