Gatepiers South East of Workington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. A 18th century Gate piers. 1 related planning application.
Gatepiers South East of Workington Hall
- WRENN ID
- tenth-jamb-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1985
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gatepiers South East of Workington Hall, Ramsay Brow, CA14 3AN
- OS grid reference
- NY 008 286
- Coordinates
- 54.64296, -3.53758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers south-east of Workington Hall were built in the late 18th century for the Curwen family. They are made of calciferous sandstone ashlar and feature square piers topped with armorial carved stone unicorn heads, which are the crests of the Curwen family. The flanking wall has been rebuilt and is not of interest. These gate piers are listed for their group value with Workington Hall.
Local climate
Gatepiers South East of Workington Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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