Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to School is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1990. Forecourt walls, gate piers, railings.
Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to School
- WRENN ID
- fallen-render-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1990
- Type
- Forecourt walls, gate piers, railings
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to School, High Street, Danby, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 686 080
- Coordinates
- 54.46326, -0.94314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls, gate piers, and railings to the school in Castleton were built around 1874. They are made of coursed squared tooled stone with sloped copings and feature cast iron elements. The low front walls have a raised center that holds railings with patterned heads. There are three pairs of chamfered gate piers topped with ogee pyramidal caps, which bear the initials D.S.B., representing the Danby School Board.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers and Railings to School receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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