The Pyramid and Surrounding Piers is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Monument.
The Pyramid and Surrounding Piers
- WRENN ID
- slow-bronze-sage
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Pyramid and Surrounding Piers, St Anne's Hill, Henderskelfe
- OS grid reference
- SE 719 691
- Coordinates
- 54.11359, -0.90133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pyramid and surrounding piers, built in 1728, are located at St Anne's Hill in Castle Howard. Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor for Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, this structure commemorates Lord William Howard, the Elizabethan founder of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family. The pyramid is made of limestone and stands on a low podium featuring some vermiculated rustication. It has sides measuring approximately 9 metres and is flanked by angled pairs of piers, each about 20 metres from the corners. The piers have square bases on plinths and hollow columns with oval apertures that interrupt a lateral band, topped with stepped capitals. Inside the pyramid, there is a large bust of Lord William Howard.
Local climate
The Pyramid and Surrounding Piers receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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