Boundary Stone at the Junction of Rowell Lane with Woodhouse to Ackenthwaite Road Approximately 600 Yards South of Woodhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Boundary stone.
Boundary Stone at the Junction of Rowell Lane with Woodhouse to Ackenthwaite Road Approximately 600 Yards South of Woodhouse
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gallery-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Boundary stone
- OS grid reference
- SD 509 828
- Coordinates
- 54.23883, -2.75429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This boundary stone is located at the junction of Rowell Lane and the Woodhouse to Ackenthwaite road, approximately 600 yards south of Woodhouse. It is likely from the mid-19th century and is made of limestone. The stone is an upright slab with a rounded top, featuring a hammer-dressed face, tooled margins, and a dressed central panel. The letters "HM" are incised in sans-serif lettering on the panel.
Local climate
Boundary Stone at the Junction of Rowell Lane with Woodhouse to Ackenthwaite Road Approximately 600 Yards South of Woodhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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