Gate Piers, Gates, Overthrow and Stile 25 Metres North West of Church of St Brandon is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Gate piers and gates.

Gate Piers, Gates, Overthrow and Stile 25 Metres North West of Church of St Brandon

WRENN ID
wild-outpost-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1987
Type
Gate piers and gates
OS grid reference
NZ 224 377
Coordinates
54.73398, -1.65294
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers, gates, overthrow, and stile located 25 metres northwest of the Church of St. Brandon are notable features from different periods. The gate piers date from the early 18th century, while the stile is from the 19th century, the overthrow from the mid-19th century, and the gates from the early 20th century. The piers and stile are made of dressed sandstone, the overthrow is made of iron, and the gates are wooden.

The pair of tall, square piers have low plinths and entablatures with deep cornices. They feature added ogee caps on chamfered bases, topped with ball finials, although the finial on the right pier is missing. The large stile has five steps on both sides of the opening in the churchyard wall and is flanked by curving side walls with gabled coping. The arched overthrow, which has simple scrollwork, supports a spherical glass lamp. The gates consist of two leaves with barley-sugar bars. The flanking churchyard wall is not considered of special interest.

Local climate

Gate Piers, Gates, Overthrow and Stile 25 Metres North West of Church of St Brandon receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 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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