Railings, Piers and Gates, to West of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Railings, piers, gates.
Railings, Piers and Gates, to West of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- odd-rafter-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Railings, piers, gates
- Address
- Railings, Piers and Gates, to West of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary, Wycliffe with Thorpe
- OS grid reference
- NZ 122 131
- Coordinates
- 54.5135, -1.81293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings, piers, and gates located to the west of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary were likely constructed around 1849. They are made of cut stone and wrought iron. A dwarf wall supports pointed-arched railings topped with fleur-de-lys finials. Similar returns feature single gates with intersecting bars, positioned between octagonal monolith piers. These structures are included for their group value.
Local climate
Railings, Piers and Gates, to West of Roman Catholic Church of St Mary receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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