Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Westnewton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Wall, gate piers.
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Westnewton Hall
- WRENN ID
- slow-basalt-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1967
- Type
- Wall, gate piers
- OS grid reference
- NY 132 439
- Coordinates
- 54.78249, -3.35013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate piers in front of Westnewton Hall date from the early 19th century. They are constructed of reeded red sandstone ashlar and form the front garden wall. The wall is low and features a central arrangement of square rusticated piers topped with shaped caps. The 20th-century railings and gates are not of particular interest. This structure is listed for its group value with Westnewton Hall.
Local climate
Wall and Gate Piers in Front of Westnewton Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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