Drystone Forecourt Walls and Piers to Front of Clarghyll Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Walls.

Drystone Forecourt Walls and Piers to Front of Clarghyll Hall

WRENN ID
patient-pillar-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Walls
Address
Drystone Forecourt Walls and Piers to Front of Clarghyll Hall, Alston Moor
OS grid reference
NY 726 493
Coordinates
54.83798, -2.42658
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The drystone forecourt walls and piers at the front of Clarghyll Hall are constructed from squared, roughly coursed drystone walling, as indicated on a plan from 1775. The walls feature flat copings and include quadrant walls at the entrance, which are complemented by drystone angle piers and ashlar gate piers, both topped with pyramidal caps. There is also a 20th-century wooden gate.

Local climate

Drystone Forecourt Walls and Piers to Front of Clarghyll Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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