Gazebo, Gate Piers and Garden Walls to East and South of the Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Gazebo.
Gazebo, Gate Piers and Garden Walls to East and South of the Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- hidden-moulding-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Gazebo
- Address
- Gazebo, Gate Piers and Garden Walls to East and South of the Hermitage, Main Street, Croxdale and Hett
- OS grid reference
- NZ 270 376
- Coordinates
- 54.73318, -1.58188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo, gate piers, and garden walls located to the east and south of The Hermitage were built in the mid to late 18th century. The structure features coursed rubble for the gazebo and walls, with dressed sandstone piers. The walls enclose the north, east, and south sides of the garden, with a pair of gate piers located at the north-west corner adjoining the house and the gazebo at the north-east corner. The tall square-plan piers have chamfered rustication and corniced caps. The gazebo itself is square in plan and two stories high, featuring dressed quoins, a south doorway, a 20th-century window on the east side, and a rebuilt embattled parapet that conceals the roof. A 20-meter long, 1.5-meter tall north wall connects the piers to the gazebo. The east retaining wall is 55 meters long and varies in height from 2.0 to 3.0 meters, with a quadrant ramped-up section to the south. The south wall is 30 meters long and 2.0 meters tall, featuring a quadrant ramp near the south-east corner. This structure is included for its group value. The fragmentary north wall and a linked outbuilding near the house are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Gazebo, Gate Piers and Garden Walls to East and South of the Hermitage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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