Gate Piers in Front of Shotley Villas is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. A C19 Gate piers.
Gate Piers in Front of Shotley Villas
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-beam-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers in Front of Shotley Villas, the Terrace, DH8 0EY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 092 528
- Coordinates
- 54.87071, -1.85672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two pairs of gate piers at the entrance to Shotley Villa East and Shotley Villa West, dating from around 1855. These piers are made of sandstone and are octagonal in shape, featuring roll-moulded plinths and capitals. They have swept copings that support octagonal bud finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers in Front of Shotley Villas receives an average of 880 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- No related consent applications matched
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