Terrace Walls and Steps to South of Askham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Terrace wall, steps.
Terrace Walls and Steps to South of Askham Hall
- WRENN ID
- solitary-chamber-laurel
- 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
- Terrace wall, steps
- Address
- Terrace Walls and Steps to South of Askham Hall, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 516 238
- Coordinates
- 54.60786, -2.74991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace walls and steps located to the south of Askham Hall are approximately 21.5 meters long and date from the 17th or 18th century. Constructed from ashlar, the upper wall features a cornice and has a central gate that leads down to the steps of the lower wall. The lower wall is equipped with a gate and is flanked by raking buttresses.
Local climate
Terrace Walls and Steps to South of Askham Hall 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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