Pair of Outbuildings Flanking Gateway to West of Old Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Outbuilding.
Pair of Outbuildings Flanking Gateway to West of Old Smithy
- WRENN ID
- grey-vault-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- Pair of Outbuildings Flanking Gateway to West of Old Smithy, Barningham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 083 102
- Coordinates
- 54.48761, -1.8726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of outbuildings, likely used as stables, dates from the mid-18th century. They are constructed from roughly-squared stone, with gable ends facing the road that are pebbledashed, and feature graduated stone slate roofs. The buildings are single storey, with the eastern building having three bays. It includes a central casement window, a boarded door on the right, and a blocked door on the left, all set under pointed arches. The western building has four bays, featuring a stable door between two blocked openings, all with pointed arches, and a second stable door under a timber lintel on the far left.
On the elevation facing the road, each building has a square-headed recess and a doorway (the doorway in the western building is blocked), both framed in an alternating-block surround and topped with a pedimented gable. Between the two buildings is a wall with arched coping and a dilapidated central gateway. This gateway served as the main entrance to the former Barningham Academy, which is now known as Newby House. The gatepiers were removed some years ago to Gate House.
Local climate
Pair of Outbuildings Flanking Gateway to West of Old Smithy receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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