Length of wall incorporating the Bainbrigg Stones is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 2020. Wall.

Length of wall incorporating the Bainbrigg Stones

WRENN ID
rusted-pinnacle-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 2020
Type
Wall
Address
Length of wall incorporating the Bainbrigg Stones, Chapel Street, Appleby-In-Westmorland, Cumbria, CA16 6QR
OS grid reference
NY 682 204
Coordinates
54.57781, -2.49304
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a stone wall that incorporates a collection of inscribed stones from the 16th century. The wall is made of low red sandstone and stands about six courses high, topped with flat coping stones. It serves as the boundary between a sports field and Chapel Street. The wall includes some of Reginald Bainbrigg’s late-16th century collection of inscribed stones, totaling 16 stones. Among these, four are identified as late-16th century copies of Roman inscriptions, specifically Roman Inscriptions of Britain numbers 998, 2285, 1202, and one that is now lost. Additionally, there are six late-16th century inscriptions created for Bainbrigg in the Roman style. Two other stones are believed to be copies of Roman stones but lack inscriptions. One stone is widely accepted as an original altar from Whellep Castle in Kirby Thore, dedicated to Belatucadrus (Roman Inscriptions of Britain number 759). The remaining three stones have uncertain origins.

Local climate

Length of wall incorporating the Bainbrigg Stones 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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