Gate Piers to Shepherd's Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1983. Gate piers.

Gate Piers to Shepherd's Hill

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1983
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate Piers to Shepherd's Hill, Stricklandgate, Penrith
OS grid reference
NY 512 305
Coordinates
54.66756, -2.75699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers to Shepherd's Hill are located on the west side of Stricklandgate. They date from the 18th century and consist of two square stone piers positioned by the roadside, each topped with cornices.

Local climate

Gate Piers to Shepherd's Hill 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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