Garden Walls of the Castle South of Bowling Green House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1974. Garden walls.

Garden Walls of the Castle South of Bowling Green House

WRENN ID
solitary-passage-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1974
Type
Garden walls
Address
Garden Walls of the Castle South of Bowling Green House, Castlegate, Cockermouth
OS grid reference
NY 123 308
Coordinates
54.66519, -3.36042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls of the Castle, located south of Bowling Green House, are primarily constructed of old brick and likely date from the 18th century. These high walls enclose the former bowling green and separate the Castle grounds from the street. The inhabited sections of Cockermouth Castle are part of a group with the uninhabited sections.

Local climate

Garden Walls of the Castle South of Bowling Green House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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