Walls in Front of Former Leazes Board School and Caretaker's House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Walls.
Walls in Front of Former Leazes Board School and Caretaker's House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-sentry-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Walls
- Address
- Walls in Front of Former Leazes Board School and Caretaker's House, Syke Lane
- OS grid reference
- NZ 167 567
- Coordinates
- 54.9048, -1.74049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls in front of the former Leazes Board School and caretaker's house were built in 1893. They are made of sandstone rubble and feature low gabled coping. The walls are serpentine in shape and have three breaks for pedestrian gates leading to the school and house, as well as a vehicle gate to the house on the right. An attached bus shelter is not of interest. These walls are included for their group value.
Local climate
Walls in Front of Former Leazes Board School and Caretaker's House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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