Front & return walls, & gate piers, to High Green House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Boundary wall.

Front & return walls, & gate piers, to High Green House

WRENN ID
unlit-groin-swift
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
Boundary wall
Address
Front & return walls, & gate piers, to High Green House, Front &Amp; Return Walls, &Amp; Gate Piers, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, CA10 1SB
OS grid reference
NY 610 272
Coordinates
54.63912, -2.60507
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The front and return walls, along with the gate piers, of High Green House are constructed from low coursed, squared rubble and feature segmental copings. The return walls curve inward towards the house. At either end of the front wall, there are large rusticated piers that support the gates, each topped with square, corniced capitals that have stepped tops and ball finials. The wrought-iron gates date from the 20th century.

Local climate

Front & return walls, & gate piers, to High Green 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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