Garden Wall, Railings and Gate to Town Head House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Garden wall, railing, gate.
Garden Wall, Railings and Gate to Town Head House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-cobble-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Garden wall, railing, gate
- Address
- Garden Wall, Railings and Gate to Town Head House, Orton, Westmorland and Furness, CA10 3RG
- OS grid reference
- NY 623 084
- Coordinates
- 54.46964, -2.58206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall, railings, and gate to Town Head House were likely built around 1793, at the same time as the house. The wall is low and made of coursed squared rubble, featuring chamfered copings and topped with railings. It stands approximately 2 feet high and includes ornate wrought-iron panels that are separated by cast-iron balusters, each topped with urn finials. The gate piers are made of ashlar and are square in shape, topped with ball finials and pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Garden Wall, Railings and Gate to Town Head House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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