Pinnacle in Garden to East of Hamsterley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Ornamental pinnacle.

Pinnacle in Garden to East of Hamsterley Hall

WRENN ID
proud-bracket-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1987
Type
Ornamental pinnacle
Address
Pinnacle in Garden to East of Hamsterley Hall, B6310
OS grid reference
NZ 142 556
Coordinates
54.89512, -1.77872
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pinnacle in the garden to the east of Hamsterley Hall is a garden ornament that was resited from the House of Commons. It dates from around 1840 and was designed by C. Barry. The pinnacle was transferred to Hamsterley around 1930. It is made of limestone ashlar and is designed in the Gothic style. The structure is hexagonal in shape, with a base featuring blind quatrefoil decoration. Above this, narrow pilasters frame panels that display heraldic devices and a cusped arcade. The pinnacle is topped with a slender ogee-domed finial that is decorated with crockets.

Local climate

Pinnacle in Garden to East of Hamsterley Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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