Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Lamps at Front Entrance to Burton House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1985. Gatepiers and walls.
Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Lamps at Front Entrance to Burton House
- WRENN ID
- idle-frieze-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1985
- Type
- Gatepiers and walls
- Address
- Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Lamps at Front Entrance to Burton House, Main Street, Burton-In-Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 529 762
- Coordinates
- 54.1796, -2.72187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, gatepiers, gates, and lamps at the front entrance to Burton House are likely from the late 18th century, with some later alterations. The walls are made of square coursed limestone, featuring limestone dressings and dressed sandstone terminals and piers. The lamps are cast iron, while the gates are made of timber. The curving walls are approximately 1200mm high and include a plinth and coping. Each wall has square terminals, which have a base and a corniced top, topped with a lamppost that holds an octagonal lantern. The gatepiers are square in plan with chamfered corners, a base, and a corniced top that is surmounted by a shallow pyramid. There are four gates: a single gate on each side between the wall and the gatepier, and paired gates between the piers, featuring square uprights, a ramped top rail, and closely spaced vertical slats that taper above the middle rail. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Walls, Gatepiers, Gates and Lamps at Front Entrance to Burton House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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