Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Wigton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. A N/A Wall, gate piers.
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Wigton Hall
- WRENN ID
- dark-lime-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Wall, gate piers
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Wigton Hall, West Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 253 482
- Coordinates
- 54.82347, -3.16411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate piers in front of Wigton Hall date from the early 19th century. They are constructed from calciferous sandstone ashlar and feature moulded coping on a chamfered plinth. The gate piers are octagonal and adorned with Gothic tracery carved panels and quatrefoils, topped with acanthus-leaf finials. The front garden wall is listed for group value with Wigton Hall.
Local climate
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Wigton Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 51 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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