Front Garden Walls and Gatepiers to Startforth House East and West is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Garden structure. 1 related planning application.
Front Garden Walls and Gatepiers to Startforth House East and West
- WRENN ID
- standing-cobalt-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Garden structure
- Address
- Front Garden Walls and Gatepiers to Startforth House East and West, High Startforth, DL12 9AF
- OS grid reference
- NZ 045 158
- Coordinates
- 54.53828, -1.93055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front garden walls and gatepiers belong to Startforth House, dating to the 18th century. The walls are constructed of roughly-squared stone with cut stone dressings, and have flat slab coping along the front and to the right of the garden. The front wall features rusticated gatepiers with moulded caps and ball finials on swept bases.
Local climate
Front Garden Walls and Gatepiers to Startforth House East and West receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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