Gate Piers and Gates at Mainsforth Hall North Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Gate piers, gates.
Gate Piers and Gates at Mainsforth Hall North Entrance
- WRENN ID
- sharp-garret-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Gate piers, gates
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates at Mainsforth Hall North Entrance, Bishop Middleham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 314 315
- Coordinates
- 54.67825, -1.51424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates at the north entrance of Mainsforth Hall date from the mid 19th century and are designed in the style of the 18th century. They feature sandstone ashlar piers and wrought iron gates. The square piers are rusticated and have plinths, cornices, collars, and stepped copings topped with large pineapple finials. The gates are adorned with leaf-and-bud finials, dogbars with paired scrolls, and spiral finials on the principals, along with patterned bands. At the time of the survey, the coping on the right pier was dislodged. These structures are included for their group value.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates at Mainsforth Hall North Entrance receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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