Greystoke Pillar is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1967. Monument.
Greystoke Pillar
- WRENN ID
- over-pedestal-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1967
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Greystoke Pillar, Dacre
- OS grid reference
- NY 492 297
- Coordinates
- 54.66022, -2.78801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greystoke Pillar is a monument dating from the late 18th century, commissioned by the 11th Duke of Norfolk. It is constructed from reeded pink sandstone ashlar. The structure features a square base and plinth that includes an earlier carved coat-of-arms of the Howard family, associated with Greystoke Castle. At the top, there is a tapering octagonal obelisk adorned with a fillet. One side of the pillar has an Ordnance Survey bench mark.
Local climate
Greystoke Pillar 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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