Gate Piers and Gates of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Gate piers.
Gate Piers and Gates of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- brooding-shingle-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Front Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 118 543
- Coordinates
- 54.88363, -1.81623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene were likely built in 1878 by the architectural firm Austin, Johnson and Hicks. They are made of sandstone ashlar and consist of two square piers with chamfered bases. Each pier features an abacus below a corniced top, which is topped with brattished coping. The double vehicle gates are constructed from wrought and cast iron, featuring slender cast-iron uprights with leaf finials and slender principals with shepherd's-crook finials. Gothic arches are formed between the uprights by curved wrought strips, and the gates have a top hinged loop fastening.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates of Church of St Mary Magdalene receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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