Forecourt Railings to Musgrave House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Railings.
Forecourt Railings to Musgrave House
- WRENN ID
- waiting-soffit-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Railings
- OS grid reference
- NY 768 135
- Coordinates
- 54.51678, -2.35967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt railings to Musgrave House, dating from the mid-19th century, are made of cast iron and feature wrought-iron gates at the front and side. The railings are adorned with moulded capitals that have foliate decoration on the standards and finials. The gates, which may have been added later, showcase scrollwork decoration and fleurs-de-lis finials. These railings are included for their group value.
Local climate
Forecourt Railings to Musgrave House 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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