Entrance Arch, Front Wall of Courtyard, and Dovecote to South East of Acorn Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Entrance arch, courtyard wall, dovecote.
Entrance Arch, Front Wall of Courtyard, and Dovecote to South East of Acorn Bank House
- WRENN ID
- mired-doorway-ivory
- 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
- Entrance arch, courtyard wall, dovecote
- Address
- Entrance Arch, Front Wall of Courtyard, and Dovecote to South East of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby
- OS grid reference
- NY 617 281
- Coordinates
- 54.64725, -2.59415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance arch, front wall of the courtyard, and dovecote located to the southeast of Acorn Bank House date from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are all made of ashlar stone. The central archway features an open pediment, with a semicircular arch-head supported by rusticated piers that have impost blocks. On either side of the arch, there is a single trompe l'oeil window on each floor of the walls, which are set back, and the structure has moulded coping.
At the eastern end, the dovecote is square in plan and has two storeys, with a sill band and moulded eaves. It is topped with a pyramidal, graduated slate roof that includes a central wooden clock turret adorned with corner balusters and a wrought-iron weather vane. The south face of the dovecote features jambs of a Venetian window that are supported by Tuscan columns. Additionally, there are two small dovecote openings located under the eaves on the north side.
Local climate
Entrance Arch, Front Wall of Courtyard, and Dovecote to South East of Acorn Bank 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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