Gateway Arch West of Lanercost Priory is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. A Medieval Arch.
Gateway Arch West of Lanercost Priory
- WRENN ID
- riven-roof-primrose
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Arch
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Gateway Arch West of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme
- OS grid reference
- NY 554 637
- Coordinates
- 54.96624, -2.69736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway arch west of Lanercost Priory is an early 13th-century structure that was originally part of the gate tower of the priory. It is constructed from calciferous sandstone squared and coursed rubble, sourced from the nearby Roman Wall, with red sandstone dressings. The arch features a chamfered segmental design with three orders, a hood mould, and moulded corbel stops, along with fragments of fan vaulting. There are remains of the flanking walls, and the rear of the arch includes flanking buttresses. Additionally, the rear wall of the tower to the right has a blocked segment-headed entrance that once led to the porter's lodge.
Local climate
Gateway Arch West of Lanercost Priory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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