Gate Piers and Walls North-West of Durham County Council Offices is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Gate piers and walls. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers and Walls North-West of Durham County Council Offices
- WRENN ID
- dim-rubblework-rush
- 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
- Gate piers and walls
- Address
- Gate Piers and Walls North-West of Durham County Council Offices, North Road, City of Durham, DH1 5TS
- OS grid reference
- NZ 265 437
- Coordinates
- 54.78768, -1.58931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and walls located north-west of the Durham County Council Offices date from the mid-18th century and are constructed from sandstone ashlar. The structure features two tall square piers that are adorned with wide pilasters and side consoles, topped with cornices and large pineapple finials. Flanking these piers are serpentine walls that have chamfered coping and end in lower square piers, which also have cornices and ball finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Walls North-West of Durham County Council Offices receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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