2 Arcaded Garden Walls, Piers and Stone Lions to North and West of Lambton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Garden walls.
2 Arcaded Garden Walls, Piers and Stone Lions to North and West of Lambton Castle
- WRENN ID
- last-balcony-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- 2 Arcaded Garden Walls, Piers and Stone Lions to North and West of Lambton Castle, North Lodge
- OS grid reference
- NZ 298 526
- Coordinates
- 54.86754, -1.53707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of two arcaded garden walls, piers, and stone lions located to the north and west of Lambton Castle. These features are likely from the mid-19th century and are made of ashlar stone. The two carved stone lions, created around 1862 by Beale of Newcastle, were originally placed on the gables of the demolished Great Hall of Lambton Castle and were moved to their current location around 1932.
The two separate walls have tall plinths and low arcaded upper sections, which include regularly spaced piers, narrow trefoil-headed pierced arches, and moulded coping. The L-shaped wall to the north of the castle extends approximately 55 meters west and then 15 meters south. It has taller square-plan piers with chamfered edges at both ends and at the north-west corner. The south-west pier features a life-sized lion that is squatting on its hind legs and holding an ornamental spear. The straight wall to the west of the castle runs about 70 meters west and has identical taller piers at both the west end and near the east end, with the latter pier also supporting a similar stone lion. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
2 Arcaded Garden Walls, Piers and Stone Lions to North and West of Lambton Castle receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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