Wall and Gates in Front of Thomlinson Junior School is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. A Early C19 Garden wall and gates. 9 related planning applications.
Wall and Gates in Front of Thomlinson Junior School
- WRENN ID
- south-grate-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Garden wall and gates
- Address
- Wall and Gates in Front of Thomlinson Junior School, High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PG
- OS grid reference
- NY 255 481
- Coordinates
- 54.82265, -3.15984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gates in front of Thomlinson Junior School are a former front garden wall and gates, now serving as a playground wall. They date from the early 19th century. The structure features a low brick wall topped with chamfered stone coping and square rusticated stone piers capped with pyramidal tops. The wall has a serpentine shape and includes round rusticated gate piers adorned with oval decoration and urn finials. The wrought-iron gates have speared rails and decorative scrollwork. This listing is partly due to its group value with Thomlinson Junior School.
Local climate
Wall and Gates in Front of Thomlinson Junior School 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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