Entrance Gate Piers and Wall to East of Cumberland Infirmary is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1994. Gatehouse.
Entrance Gate Piers and Wall to East of Cumberland Infirmary
- WRENN ID
- solitary-oriel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1994
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Entrance Gate Piers and Wall to East of Cumberland Infirmary, Infirmary Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 388 560
- Coordinates
- 54.89575, -2.95466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gate piers and wall to the east of Cumberland Infirmary were likely built in the early 1930s. The structure features a brick wall that is partly set on a chamfered plinth, with all dressings made of calciferous sandstone. It has a stone cornice and coping, along with tall squared piers that have stepped caps and urn finials. Between the piers, there is patterned cast- and wrought-iron work that originally supported a gate, which is now missing. The wall to the right of the gate is taller and connects to the main hospital building, featuring an additional pedestrian gate. The left wall begins at the same height but steps down to a lower level. This new entrance appears to be part of the 1930s renovations when an extra storey was added to the main building. The continuation of the plain brick wall down Infirmary Street is not of interest. The wall is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Entrance Gate Piers and Wall to East of Cumberland Infirmary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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