Garden Walls, with North Gate Piers and South Gate and Gate Piers at Norton Conyers House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1955. Garden wall.
Garden Walls, with North Gate Piers and South Gate and Gate Piers at Norton Conyers House
- WRENN ID
- iron-forge-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1955
- Type
- Garden wall
- OS grid reference
- SE 317 762
- Coordinates
- 54.18149, -1.5144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls, north gate piers, and south gate at Norton Conyers House date from the late 18th century. They are constructed of red brick in English garden wall bond, featuring ashlar dressings and wrought iron gates. The wall stands approximately 3 metres high and is topped with ashlar coping. The north wall has blocked flues on the north face at the east end. The north gate piers are adorned with an ashlar band, cornices, and ball finials, while the south gate piers also have cornices and ball finials on plinths. The south gate is round-arched with plain standards, decorative work at the base and lock rail, and is flanked by ornate, scrolled ironwork panels. Above the gate, there is an overthrow featuring ornate scrolls, leaf decoration, and a winged emblem.
Local climate
Garden Walls, with North Gate Piers and South Gate and Gate Piers at Norton Conyers House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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