Entrance Gates and Railings to Holker Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Gates and railings. 1 related planning application.

Entrance Gates and Railings to Holker Hall

WRENN ID
weathered-pier-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Gates and railings
Address
Entrance Gates and Railings to Holker Hall, B5278, Lower Holker, LA11 7PL
OS grid reference
SD 360 770
Coordinates
54.18504, -2.98159
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance gates and railings to Holker Hall, dating from around 1875, were designed by the architectural firm Paley and Austin. They are made of wrought iron and stone. The iron railings, which rest on a stone base, curve inward towards the paired gates, which are flanked by single gates. There are two large rusticated gate piers that feature entablatures and ogee caps topped with large, part-fluted ball finials. The gates themselves have richly decorated panels and cresting, with some elements gilded. The railings include square iron piers with openwork sides and finials, alternating with decorative panels that also have cresting. At the south end of the railings, there is a stone pier topped with a ball finial.

Local climate

Entrance Gates and Railings to Holker Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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