Garden Wall and Gate Piers, Adjoining Right Return of Littleburn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Garden wall.

Garden Wall and Gate Piers, Adjoining Right Return of Littleburn Farmhouse

WRENN ID
low-plaster-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Garden wall
OS grid reference
NZ 256 392
Coordinates
54.74732, -1.6036
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall and gate piers, located at the right return of Littleburn Farmhouse, date from the early 19th century. They are constructed of dressed sandstone. The low wall features segmental coping and extends south for approximately 80 meters. It is interrupted near the house by a pair of square-plan gate piers that have rounded caps. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Garden Wall and Gate Piers, Adjoining Right Return of Littleburn Farmhouse 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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