Dwarf Walls in Front of Eastgate Mill is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Dwarf walls.
Dwarf Walls in Front of Eastgate Mill
- WRENN ID
- knotted-outpost-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Dwarf walls
- Address
- Dwarf Walls in Front of Eastgate Mill, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NY 952 389
- Coordinates
- 54.74516, -2.07484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dwarf walls in front of Eastgate Mill date from the 18th century. They are made of thick slabs of sandstone, arranged in courses to a height of about half a metre, flanking a central path that is three metres long leading to the mill.
Local climate
Dwarf Walls in Front of Eastgate Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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