Gazebo, 30 Metres South-East of No. 7 Gainford House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Gazebo.
Gazebo, 30 Metres South-East of No. 7 Gainford House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-passage-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Gazebo
- OS grid reference
- NZ 170 168
- Coordinates
- 54.54629, -1.73771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gazebo, located 30 metres south-east of No. 7 Gainford House, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the mid to late 18th century. It features roughcast masonry and a graduated green slate roof with a brick stack. This Palladian-style pavilion has three bays, with a two-storey pedimented centre and single-storey wings on either side. The openings are set in raised surrounds, with the centre showcasing a round-arched door flanked by casement windows, and a Diocletian window above. The left wing contains a 12-pane sash window, while the right wing has a 20th-century door. The wings are topped with lean-to roofs, and the centre has a rebuilt lateral stack.
Local climate
Gazebo, 30 Metres South-East of No. 7 Gainford House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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