Screen Walls of Forecourt to Mansion House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Screen walls.

Screen Walls of Forecourt to Mansion House

WRENN ID
lapsed-brass-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
Screen walls
Address
Screen Walls of Forecourt to Mansion House, Bishop Yards, Penrith
OS grid reference
NY 517 301
Coordinates
54.66424, -2.74943
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The screen walls of the forecourt to the Mansion House are 20th-century structures that enclose a large forecourt. These walls feature moulded parapets and ogee-headed niches, adding decorative elements to the overall design.

Local climate

Screen Walls of Forecourt to Mansion House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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