Wall, Railings and Gateway in Front of High Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Garden wall and railings.
Wall, Railings and Gateway in Front of High Cross
- WRENN ID
- leaning-vault-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Garden wall and railings
- Address
- Wall, Railings and Gateway in Front of High Cross, Loweswater, Cumberland
- OS grid reference
- NY 136 213
- Coordinates
- 54.5796, -3.33676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall, railings, and gateway in front of High Cross date from the mid-19th century and serve as the front garden wall for the property. The wall is low and rendered, topped with sandstone saddle-back coping. It features spearhead cast iron railings and square gate piers with shaped panels. The wooden gate is not considered of interest. This structure is listed for its group value with High Cross.
Local climate
Wall, Railings and Gateway in Front of High Cross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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