Former Gardener's House Approximately 130 Metres to South of Wray Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Former gardener's house.
Former Gardener's House Approximately 130 Metres to South of Wray Castle
- WRENN ID
- first-zinc-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former gardener's house
- Address
- Former Gardener's House Approximately 130 Metres to South of Wray Castle, LA22 0JA
- OS grid reference
- NY 374 008
- Coordinates
- 54.39958, -2.96441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former gardener's house, located approximately 130 meters south of Wray Castle, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of slate rubble and features a single-pitched slate roof that slopes to the rear. The building is two storeys high and consists of two bays, with diagonal buttresses supporting its structure. There is a first-floor sill band and a top parapet, with projecting angles that include arrow slits adorned with iron dressings. The windows are casements; the ground floor windows have plaster panels below, which likely served as original entrances. The first-floor windows feature label moulds, and the window in the first bay has a small-paned casement. At the rear, there is an entrance with a gabled head and a window. The property is owned by the National Trust.
Local climate
Former Gardener's House Approximately 130 Metres to South of Wray Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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