Entrance Screen to North East of Castle Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1967. Gateway.
Entrance Screen to North East of Castle Lodge
- WRENN ID
- muted-kitchen-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1967
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Entrance Screen to North East of Castle Lodge, the Village, Brancepeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 222 378
- Coordinates
- 54.73543, -1.65554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance screen to the north-east of Castle Lodge is a mid-19th century gateway that includes eight piers, linking walls, gates, railings, and an overthrow. Constructed from ashlar sandstone, the gateway features iron gates, railings, and an overthrow. The central carriageway is flanked by narrower pedestrian entrances.
Tall, square-plan piers with chamfered caps and carved stone urns stand on either side of the carriageway. Lower pairs of piers, which flank the pedestrian entrances, are topped with vases that have gadrooning. The end piers are similar in design. Four dwarf walls connect the piers between the three entrances and the end piers, featuring plinths and projecting chamfered copings.
The central two-leaf gate has rising curved middle and top rails, closely spaced uprights with spear-headed finials, and small X-scrolls that increase in height towards the center. The pedestrian entrances and dwarf walls have similar railings. A simple curved overthrow is topped with a central spherical glass lamp.
Local climate
Entrance Screen to North East of Castle Lodge 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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