Garden Walls to Number 8 Garden Walls to Thorngate House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Garden wall. 1 related planning application.

Garden Walls to Number 8 Garden Walls to Thorngate House

WRENN ID
forbidden-pilaster-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1973
Type
Garden wall
Address
Garden Walls to Number 8 Garden Walls to Thorngate House, Gray Lane, Barnard Castle
OS grid reference
NZ 050 160
Coordinates
54.53981, -1.9233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls to No. 8 Thorngate are from the mid-18th century and are constructed of rubble with stone coping. These high garden walls enclose the rear garden of No. 8 Thorngate, extending forward from the back of the building. They continue around the rear of the properties at Nos. 2, 4, and 6 Thorngate, connecting to the rear wall of No. 2 and extending along the south side of Gray Lane. From the east end of Gray Lane, the walls join with River View, forming the south side of that garden, and then return to create a boundary with the Demesnes before looping back to rejoin the rear of No. 8 Thorngate. The eastern section facing the Demesnes features wide square corner piers topped with low pyramidal coping, and there is a near-central keyed round-arched gateway with a boarded gate set into a similar pier. These walls are included for their group value.

Local climate

Garden Walls to Number 8 Garden Walls to Thorngate House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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