Gate Piers at Church of Saint James is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Church of Saint James
- WRENN ID
- odd-attic-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at Church of Saint James, High Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 976 184
- Coordinates
- 54.55062, -3.58367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the Church of St James were built in 1814 and are located at the street entrance facing the west door, contributing to the view up Queen Street. There are two square stone gate piers that feature cornices. Originally, there was a wrought iron lamp holder on the cross bar.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Church of Saint James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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