Gate Piers and Gates South East of Hamsterley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Gate piers and gates.
Gate Piers and Gates South East of Hamsterley Hall
- WRENN ID
- stark-courtyard-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Gate piers and gates
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates South East of Hamsterley Hall, B6310
- OS grid reference
- NZ 142 555
- Coordinates
- 54.89446, -1.7788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates located south-east of Hamsterley Hall serve as the entrance to a path leading from the garden to the estate. The gate piers date from the 18th century, while the gates are from the 19th century. The piers are made of sandstone ashlar and feature channelled rustication, cornices, and ball finials on top. The wrought iron gates include a central band adorned with attached rosettes and a top band decorated with palmettes.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates South East 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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