Walls, Piers and Gates to West of Former School and Church of St. Peter is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Boundary wall, gate, pier.
Walls, Piers and Gates to West of Former School and Church of St. Peter
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-tower-ivy
- 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, gate, pier
- Address
- Walls, Piers and Gates to West of Former School and Church of St. Peter, Church Street, Spennymoor
- OS grid reference
- NZ 225 337
- Coordinates
- 54.6982, -1.65177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls, piers, and gates to the west of the former school and Church of St. Peter date from the mid-19th century and form the western boundary of the former Rectory grounds and the churchyard. The wall is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar coping, complemented by ashlar piers and wrought iron gates.
The entrance to the former Rectory features two rusticated square piers topped with pyramidal coping. A wall with round coping is attached to the right bay of the former schoolmaster's house and curves to meet the north pier. From the south pier, a wall with gabled coping extends approximately 100 meters along the boundary of the churchyard, interrupted by spike-headed gates and chamfered piers, which also have pyramidal coping.
Local climate
Walls, Piers and Gates to West of Former School and Church of St. Peter 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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