Gate Piers in Front of Scarness Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Gate piers. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers in Front of Scarness Dower House
- WRENN ID
- distant-banister-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1967
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers in Front of Scarness Dower House, Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, CA12 4QZ
- OS grid reference
- NY 218 306
- Coordinates
- 54.66466, -3.21269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two early 18th-century gate piers situated in front of Scarness Dower House. They are constructed of rusticated ashlar stone and are square in plan, each supporting a cornice and a pyramidal cap. The piers are listed as part of the group value context with Scarness Dower House. The adjoining garden wall is not of architectural interest.
Local climate
Gate Piers in Front of Scarness Dower House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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