Gate Piers at No.162 is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at No.162
- WRENN ID
- patient-wattle-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at No.162, Stricklandgate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 514 931
- Coordinates
- 54.33118, -2.74803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at No. 162 are from the early to mid-19th century. They are made of hammer-dressed limestone blocks set on a plinth. Each pier is square in shape, approximately 6 feet high, and features a stepped pyramidal cap. These piers are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Gate Piers at No.162 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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