Column,35 Metres East of Edleston House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Commemorative column.

Column,35 Metres East of Edleston House

WRENN ID
slow-copper-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Commemorative column
OS grid reference
NZ 168 166
Coordinates
54.54505, -1.74029
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a commemorative column dating from around 1750. It was originally erected by Sir Hugh Smithson at Stanwick Park in North Yorkshire to commemorate the Peace of Aachen of 1748. In 1923, it was re-erected by Robert Edleston in the grounds of Edleston House in Gainford. The column is made of sandstone ashlar and features a tall Roman Doric design on a square-plan pedestal, which includes a moulded plinth and cornice. The column itself supports a square-plan plinth and a stepped base, which previously held a statue that has since been destroyed.

Local climate

Column,35 Metres East of Edleston House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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