Maypole to South of the Fox is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Maypole.
Maypole to South of the Fox
- WRENN ID
- former-finial-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Maypole
- Address
- Maypole to South of the Fox, B6259, Warcop
- OS grid reference
- NY 748 154
- Coordinates
- 54.53379, -2.39024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The maypole located to the south of The Fox is possibly of medieval origin and is set on a cross base. The base consists of sandstone blocks and features steps. At the top, there is a tall wooden pole that is topped with a decorative 20th-century weathervane.
Local climate
Maypole to South of the Fox 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 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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