Gate Piers for Lowther Castle Opposite the College is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Gate piers. 10 related planning applications.
Gate Piers for Lowther Castle Opposite the College
- WRENN ID
- idle-baluster-thyme
- 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 for Lowther Castle Opposite the College, Westmorland and Furness, CA10 2HH
- OS grid reference
- NY 526 241
- Coordinates
- 54.61029, -2.73464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers for Lowther Castle, located opposite The College, date from the late 17th century or early 18th century. They are made of grey and pink sandstone ashlar and feature rusticated piers topped with shaped caps. These piers likely became obsolete when the current castle was constructed in 1809.
Local climate
Gate Piers for Lowther Castle Opposite the College 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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