Gates, Gate Piers, Dwarf Walls and Screen of Hamsterley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1978. A C18 Gate and wall.
Gates, Gate Piers, Dwarf Walls and Screen of Hamsterley Hall
- WRENN ID
- heavy-tallow-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1978
- Type
- Gate and wall
- Address
- Gates, Gate Piers, Dwarf Walls and Screen of Hamsterley Hall, B6310
- OS grid reference
- NZ 145 561
- Coordinates
- 54.90018, -1.77464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates, gate piers, dwarf walls, and screen at the entrance to Hamsterley Hall are likely from the early 20th century and may have been sourced from another location. Constructed from ashlar, the lower courses of the walls are pecked, and the design features wrought iron gates and a screen in an 18th-century style. The layout is semicircular, with quadrant walls that have moulded coping that connects to the plinths of the tall square corniced piers of the gateway. The outer piers have plain coping on their plinths. Each of the four piers features labelled raised panels on their front faces, with the gate piers displaying low relief Prince of Wales' feathers on these panels. The piers also have high scotia-moulded coping that supports tall wrought-iron lampholders on scrolled feet. The screens consist of linked scrolls that support a top rail adorned with fleur-de-lys finials, while the gates are designed in a similar style, with top rails that curve down from the center.
Local climate
Gates, Gate Piers, Dwarf Walls and Screen of Hamsterley Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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