Garden Wall, Gatepiers and Summer House to South of Sizergh Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Garden wall, gatepiers, summer house. 2 related planning applications.
Garden Wall, Gatepiers and Summer House to South of Sizergh Castle
- WRENN ID
- eternal-chamber-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- Garden wall, gatepiers, summer house
- Address
- Garden Wall, Gatepiers and Summer House to South of Sizergh Castle, Helsington, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 8AE
- OS grid reference
- SD 498 878
- Coordinates
- 54.28383, -2.77202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, gatepiers, and summer house located to the south of Sizergh Castle are likely from the 18th and 19th centuries. The wall features brick on the garden side and limestone on the stables side. Both the summer house and the gatepiers are made of stone, with the gatepiers topped by stone urns. This structure is included for its group value with the nearby castle.
Local climate
Garden Wall, Gatepiers and Summer House to South of Sizergh Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 2 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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