Iron Gates, Posts and Railings 200 Metres North West of Lambton Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. Gate and railings.
Iron Gates, Posts and Railings 200 Metres North West of Lambton Castle
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-garret-hemlock
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Gate and railings
- OS grid reference
- NZ 296 526
- Coordinates
- 54.86798, -1.53957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The iron gates, posts, and railings located 200 metres north-west of Lambton Castle were constructed around 1820 and are possibly designed by Ignatius Bonomi. Made of wrought iron, the large and elaborate gateway features four posts that define both carriage and pedestrian entrances, flanked by serpentine-plan railings.
The tall posts have corner bars that rise to ogee tops, adorned with intricate finials. The paired rails include decorative infill with spirals and scrollwork, and central lozenges featuring rams' heads, which are the Lambton insignia. The pair of carriage gates and adjacent pedestrian gates have closely set bars and scrolled ogee crests, with similar decorative infill between the rails. Each leaf of the carriage gates displays a central panel featuring the Achievement of Lambton Arms. The railings consist of closely set standards topped with spiked-ball heads, and they include regularly spaced narrow panels with latticing, scrollwork, and ogee crests.
The stone end piers and walls beyond the gates are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Iron Gates, Posts and Railings 200 Metres North West of Lambton Castle receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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