North Lodges to Raby Castle, with North Quadrant Wall Attached, and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Gate lodges.

North Lodges to Raby Castle, with North Quadrant Wall Attached, and Gates

WRENN ID
solemn-pewter-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gate lodges
Address
North Lodges to Raby Castle, with North Quadrant Wall Attached, and Gates, A 688, Raby with Keverstone
OS grid reference
NZ 132 220
Coordinates
54.5935, -1.79648
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The North Lodges to Raby Castle, along with the attached north quadrant wall and gates, were built in the 18th century by J. Carr. They are constructed from coursed squared sandstone, featuring a plinth, quoins, and ashlar dressings. The rear extension has a pantiled roof, while the main roof is not visible. The wall is also made of coursed squared sandstone, and the gates are crafted from wrought and cast iron, designed in a Gothic style.

These lodges are one storey high and consist of one bay, connected by pedestrian gateways to the gate piers. The embattled lodges have wide shuttered openings with flat stone sills and lintels, which are part of bowed full-height central projections. There are blind arrow loops in the narrow corner sections. A parapet band runs continuously with the flat coping of the walls, which contain segmental-headed pedestrian gateways with voussoirs. The square gate piers feature cross loops, although these are obscured by notice boards, and are topped with projecting embattled parapets.

The quadrant wall attached to the north lodge has gabled coping and ends at a stone stile for a public footpath. The pedestrian and vehicle gates have scroll-headed principals, with tied Gothic arcading in narrow panels, and a central horizontal panel adorned with a flower pattern. The uprights are square-sectioned and styled in a Jacobean manner. Some details were missing at the time of the survey. The rear of the lodges displays bowed projections similar to those at the front.

Local climate

North Lodges to Raby Castle, with North Quadrant Wall Attached, and Gates receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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