Gateway, Wall and Railings at Former Entrance North East of Unthank Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1967. Gateway.

Gateway, Wall and Railings at Former Entrance North East of Unthank Hall

WRENN ID
night-lancet-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 December 1967
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway, Wall and Railings at Former Entrance North East of Unthank Hall, Skelton
OS grid reference
NY 452 361
Coordinates
54.71714, -2.85072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a disused gateway, wall, and railings located at the former entrance north-east of Unthank Hall, dating from the mid-19th century. The structure is made of calciferous sandstone ashlar and features square piers with chamfered angles topped with shaped caps. Low serpentine walls connect to smaller end piers that are similar in design. The gateway is complemented by cast iron railings. It is listed for its group value with Unthank Hall.

Local climate

Gateway, Wall and Railings at Former Entrance North East of Unthank Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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