Walls and Gate Piers Enclosing Grounds to Egton Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Walls, gate piers.

Walls and Gate Piers Enclosing Grounds to Egton Manor House

WRENN ID
lesser-postern-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1989
Type
Walls, gate piers
Address
Walls and Gate Piers Enclosing Grounds to Egton Manor House, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 804 052
Coordinates
54.43622, -0.76069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and gate piers enclosing the grounds of Egton Manor House date from the 19th and 20th centuries and were built for the Egton Estate. They are constructed from sandstone, featuring both hammered and herringbone-tooled finishes.

On the west side, the walls stand approximately 1.25 metres high and have a cambered coping. There is a pedestrian gateway located towards the southern end, which includes square-section piers topped with overhanging pyramidal caps and urn finials.

The north side features a wall that is about 0.60 metres high, sloping up to approximately 1.1 metres, with sloped coping. This side has both pedestrian and carriage gateways, which also have square-section piers with pyramidal caps. The pedestrian gate is adorned with ball finials.

On the east side, the wall reaches around 1.1 metres in height, with sloped coping that steps up and curves in places. It includes square-section piers topped with overhanging pyramidal caps and ball finials at the northern end.

Local climate

Walls and Gate Piers Enclosing Grounds to Egton Manor House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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