Castle Howard Gate Piers, Railings and End Piers Immediately North East of North Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Gate piers and railings.

Castle Howard Gate Piers, Railings and End Piers Immediately North East of North Lodge

WRENN ID
lesser-glass-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Gate piers and railings
Address
Castle Howard Gate Piers, Railings and End Piers Immediately North East of North Lodge, the Stray, Coneysthorpe
OS grid reference
SE 707 712
Coordinates
54.13258, -0.91853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Castle Howard gate piers, railings, and end piers are located immediately north-east of North Lodge and date from around 1874, with some later restorations. The gate piers are made of sandstone ashlar and are square in plan, standing approximately 4 metres high. They are accompanied by curved wrought-iron railings that are about 5 metres long and 1.5 metres high. The end piers are also square in plan and stand approximately 3.75 metres high. The gate piers feature a plain design with a moulded plinth and cornice, topped with a ball finial on a stepped base. The railings, which are set on a low wall, have lancet heads. The end piers include plinths, pulvinated panels on the sides, a moulded cornice, and are also topped with ball finials on stepped bases.

Local climate

Castle Howard Gate Piers, Railings and End Piers Immediately North East of North Lodge 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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