Gate Piers South East of Toppin Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Gate piers.

Gate Piers South East of Toppin Castle

WRENN ID
odd-span-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1984
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers South East of Toppin Castle, Hayton
OS grid reference
NY 496 570
Coordinates
54.90546, -2.78697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers south-east of Toppin Castle date from the mid-19th century and are made of red sandstone. There are two short square piers, each topped with battlemented and chamfered caps. These piers are included partly for their group value with Toppin Castle.

Local climate

Gate Piers South East of Toppin Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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