Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Papcastle House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Wall, gate piers.
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Papcastle House
- WRENN ID
- tired-sentry-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1967
- Type
- Wall, gate piers
- OS grid reference
- NY 108 313
- Coordinates
- 54.66956, -3.384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate piers in front of Papcastle House date from the late 18th century. They consist of a roughcast wall topped with flat stone coping, featuring central rusticated piers that are capped with shaped stones. This structure is listed for its group value with Papcastle House.
Local climate
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Papcastle 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- No related consent applications matched
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