Low Wall, Gate Piers, Railings, Gates, and Ha Ha Wall to Front of Acorn Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Wall, gate, railing.
Low Wall, Gate Piers, Railings, Gates, and Ha Ha Wall to Front of Acorn Bank House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-gargoyle-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Wall, gate, railing
- Address
- Low Wall, Gate Piers, Railings, Gates, and Ha Ha Wall to Front of Acorn Bank House, Temple Sowerby
- OS grid reference
- NY 617 281
- Coordinates
- 54.64731, -2.59483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The low wall, gate piers, railings, gates, and ha-ha wall at the front of Acorn Bank House date back to the 18th century. At the west end, the curved low walls on either side of the gate feature semicircular copings topped by railings with square-section standards. The large gate piers are rusticated and have moulded bases with dentil ornamentation on the cornices, along with stepped tops that support large urn finials. The wrought-iron double gates are decorated with foliate scrollwork on the curved top rail and have openwork panels featuring initials framed in foliage at the center of each gate. These gates received first prize for modern ornamental ironwork from the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in the mid-20th century. At the east end, only the gate piers remain, without the urns, and a ha-ha wall closes off the south side.
Local climate
Low Wall, Gate Piers, Railings, Gates, and Ha Ha Wall to Front of Acorn Bank 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 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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