Gate Piers at Entrance to Yard of Esh Hall Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Entrance to Yard of Esh Hall Farm
- WRENN ID
- hollow-arch-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at Entrance to Yard of Esh Hall Farm, Hall Lane
- OS grid reference
- NZ 197 438
- Coordinates
- 54.78958, -1.69503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the entrance to the yard of Esh Hall Farm were resited around 1857 from a terrace to the south of Esh Hall, where they originally flanked the steps to the house. These gate piers date back to the 17th century and are constructed from sandstone ashlar, with some areas patched in concrete. They consist of two tall square piers with cornices, featuring alternate-block rustication and scroll-topped jamb pilasters. The north faces of the piers display cartouches with the arms of the Smythe family, although these are partly eroded. The flat coping on top supports four high open scrolls, with the scrolls on the east pier renewed in concrete, which hold acanthus-leaf-and-ball finials.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Entrance to Yard of Esh Hall Farm receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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