Wall and Piers to West of Yew Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Boundary wall.

Wall and Piers to West of Yew Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-garret-wren
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
Boundary wall
Address
Wall and Piers to West of Yew Cottage, A689, Windlestone
OS grid reference
NZ 262 287
Coordinates
54.65354, -1.59394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and piers to the west of Yew Cottage form a boundary and entrance for the garden. Likely built in the early 19th century, the structure features rusticated ashlar piers alongside sandstone rubble walls topped with ashlar coping. There are three square piers at the north end of the wall that create a central gateway, each adorned with bands beneath low pyramidal coping. The wall itself has flat coping that runs continuously with the bands of the piers.

Local climate

Wall and Piers to West of Yew Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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