Forecourt Walls, Gate and End Piers to Ivy House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Forecourt enclosure.

Forecourt Walls, Gate and End Piers to Ivy House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
spare-terrace-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Forecourt enclosure
Address
Forecourt Walls, Gate and End Piers to Ivy House Farmhouse, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 744 414
Coordinates
54.7676, -2.39808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The forecourt walls, gate, and end piers to Ivy House Farmhouse are likely from the 18th century. The enclosure features low walls made of coursed, squared rubble topped with flat coping. At the center, there are rusticated gate piers that are square in shape and have ogee caps. A 20th-century gate is present, but the railings are missing.

Local climate

Forecourt Walls, Gate and End Piers to Ivy House Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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