Front and Return Walls, and Gate Piers, to East of Temple Sowerby House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Walls and gate piers.

Front and Return Walls, and Gate Piers, to East of Temple Sowerby House

WRENN ID
worn-sentry-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1984
Type
Walls and gate piers
Address
Front and Return Walls, and Gate Piers, to East of Temple Sowerby House, A66
OS grid reference
NY 611 269
Coordinates
54.63659, -2.60298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front and return walls, along with the gate piers, located to the east of Temple Sowerby House, date from the 18th century. The walls are constructed from coursed, squared rubble and sit on a chamfered plinth, topped with moulded segmental copings. The gate piers are rusticated and feature square, corniced capitals with stepped, domical tops.

Local climate

Front and Return Walls, and Gate Piers, to East of Temple Sowerby House 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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