Walls, Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 80 Metres Long, Parallel To, and 70 Metres North of Entrance Elevation of Levens Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Walls and gate piers.
Walls, Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 80 Metres Long, Parallel To, and 70 Metres North of Entrance Elevation of Levens Hall
- WRENN ID
- carved-attic-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Walls and gate piers
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 851
- Coordinates
- 54.25973, -2.77609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of walls, gate piers, and gates that are approximately 80 meters long, located parallel to and 70 meters north of the entrance elevation of Levens Hall. Likely built around 1700, these walls are similar to those depicted in a 1720 garden plan and are thought to be part of Beaumont's original garden design from 1692. The walls are constructed of rubble with sandstone dressings.
In the central low section, there are moulded copings topped with four corniced sandstone piers. These piers support timber balusters that have moulded top and bottom rails, with the uprights set diagonally. The central gateway is flanked by rusticated sandstone piers that feature plinths and cornices, and it is fitted with later decorative wrought-iron gates that have ramped tops and scrolled heads on the standards. Each pier is topped with a stone vase, and similar vases are placed at intervals along the wall. Additionally, there is a small wrought-iron lattice-patterned gate at the east end.
Local climate
Walls, Gate Piers and Gates Approximately 80 Metres Long, Parallel To, and 70 Metres North of Entrance Elevation of Levens Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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