Piers and Railings Flanking Carriage Drive Approximately 20 Metres West of Studley Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Piers and railings.
Piers and Railings Flanking Carriage Drive Approximately 20 Metres West of Studley Lodge
- WRENN ID
- steep-casement-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Piers and railings
- OS grid reference
- SE 290 700
- Coordinates
- 54.12513, -1.55688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers and railings flanking the carriage drive are located approximately 20 metres west of Studley Lodge. They were constructed in the mid to late 18th century for John and William Aislabie. The main piers are made of ashlar stone and have a plinth, while the railings and intermediate piers are wooden. The total length of the structure is approximately 40 metres, and there are three stone piers on each side of the drive, with the gates missing.
The stone piers are square in shape, about 2 metres high, and feature a deep moulded cornice and a flat cap. The wooden piers that flank the gateway are around 1.5 metres high and have a pyramidal cap. There is also a wooden pier set halfway between the two inner stone piers, which is slightly shorter than the stone piers and has a band, moulded cornice, and a shallow pyramidal cap. The railings consist of top and bottom rails with closely spaced bars topped with pyramidal finials.
These railings and the former low gate cross the main drive and principal vista of Studley Park, connecting the obelisk and Ripon Cathedral. The property is owned by the National Trust. An identical railing crosses the drive to the east of Studley Lodge.
Local climate
Piers and Railings Flanking Carriage Drive Approximately 20 Metres West of Studley Lodge receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% 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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