Gate Piers and Gates South of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. A C17 Gate piers.
Gate Piers and Gates South of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- still-bracket-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates South of Church of St Michael, Lowther, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 519 243
- Coordinates
- 54.612, -2.74608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates located south of the Church of St Michael are from the late 17th century, with 20th-century gates. They are made of red sandstone ashlar and wrought iron. The structure features two rusticated piers topped with moulded caps, and the gates are designed with scrolled ironwork. The adjoining wall is not considered significant. This listing is noted for its group value with the Church of St Michael.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates South of Church of St Michael 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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