Garden Walls to South, to West and to North of Kirby Knowle Castle is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1966. Garden walls.
Garden Walls to South, to West and to North of Kirby Knowle Castle
- WRENN ID
- weathered-steeple-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1966
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- Garden Walls to South, to West and to North of Kirby Knowle Castle, Whinmoor Hill
- OS grid reference
- SE 458 874
- Coordinates
- 54.2806, -1.29702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls surrounding Kirby Knowle Castle were likely built in the 17th century, with later rebuildings and additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. They are constructed from coursed squared stone and feature chamfered coping, varying in height.
To the north of the house, the wall rises on either side of a wide entranceway. This entrance has a moulded quoined surround with a shallow Tudor-arched head, sunk spandrels, a carved roundel on the monolithic lintel, and added ball finials. The wall ends at the west with a later pier that has a chamfered top and a ball and cushion finial. At the east end, the wall turns south towards the house, featuring a later wide archway, and runs parallel to the north front of the house at a low height.
At another angle pier, the wall turns south again, leading to an entrance flanked by ashlar piers with chamfered bases and caps that support obelisk finials. From this point, the wall returns east towards the house, stepping up at the house end, and continues southwards, ramping down with a doorway to enclose a garden to the south of the house, where the southern wall is embattled.
Local climate
Garden Walls to South, to West and to North of Kirby Knowle Castle receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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