Piers, Walls and Gates, 60 Metres West of Harraton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Piers, walls and gates.
Piers, Walls and Gates, 60 Metres West of Harraton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- fallen-mantel-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Piers, walls and gates
- OS grid reference
- NZ 286 535
- Coordinates
- 54.87566, -1.55463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of piers, walls, and gates located 60 metres west of Harraton Lodge. It was built around 1815 by Ignatius Bonomi for John Lambton, who later became the 1st Earl of Durham. The construction features ashlar sandstone walls and piers, along with iron gates, all designed in a classical style.
The gates are flanked by a pair of tall gate piers that are two stages high. The lower stage has a cornice and exhibits chamfered rustication, with a set-back round-arched niche that includes a console keystone and imposts. The upper stage resembles a pedestal and features a recessed carved panel adorned with a Ram's head and festoon, flanked by piers. The ends of this stage have a plinth, a dentilled cornice, and a blocking course that projects forward.
The tall quadrant walls are built with a plinth and have stepped coping. The short end sections of the convex quadrant wall are framed by battered piers that also display chamfered rustication and shaped caps.
The pair of large gates includes narrow side panels, with close-set bars and dogbars topped with spike finials. The gates have a double top rail that features linked half-circles.
Local climate
Piers, Walls and Gates, 60 Metres West of Harraton Lodge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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