Wall and Gate Piers to East of Corby Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. A 1844 Wall, gate piers.
Wall and Gate Piers to East of Corby Castle
- WRENN ID
- patient-wall-mint
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Wall, gate piers
- Address
- Wall and Gate Piers to East of Corby Castle, Wetheral
- OS grid reference
- NY 472 542
- Coordinates
- 54.88045, -2.82298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate piers to the east of Corby Castle were built in 1844 for Philip Howard. They are constructed from dressed red sandstone with moulded dressings. The entrance features four piers, with two on each side, designed as squared columns that have decorative console brackets on the sides. Each pier has a moulded cornice topped with carved Grecian vases. The piers are connected by a curved wall that extends approximately 50 meters on either side of the entrance. This wall consists of five courses with a chamfered plinth course and moulded coping. At the furthest point from the entrance, the wall is terminated by piers that include a dated panel, a coat of arms, and the initials P.H. The railings that once accompanied the structure were removed during the Second World War. This site is included for its group value with the gate lodge.
Local climate
Wall and Gate Piers to East of Corby 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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