Forecourt Walls and Railings to Front of White House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Forecourt walls, railings.

Forecourt Walls and Railings to Front of White House

WRENN ID
knotted-pinnacle-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Forecourt walls, railings
Address
Forecourt Walls and Railings to Front of White House, Long Marton
OS grid reference
NY 681 269
Coordinates
54.63699, -2.49512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls and railings in front of the White House in Long Marton date from the 19th century. The walls are low and constructed from coursed, squared rubble, topped with wide segmental coping. The gate piers are made of ashlar and feature square, domical tops. The wrought-iron railings include standards with a corkscrew twist above the top rail.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls and Railings to Front of White House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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