Forecourt Walls and Gate to Shorgill House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. House.
Forecourt Walls and Gate to Shorgill House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-attic-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forecourt Walls and Gate to Shorgill House, Warcop
- OS grid reference
- NY 746 152
- Coordinates
- 54.5317, -2.39365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls and gate to Shorgill House are low walls dating from the mid-19th century. They are constructed from sandstone blocks and feature chamfered copings. The wrought-iron railings have standards topped with a corkscrew twist, and there are cast-iron urn and acorn finials on the posts that divide the railing sections. The central wrought-iron gate is decorated with iron-twist and scrollwork.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls and Gate to Shorgill 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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