Terrace Wall South of Bow Lane and East of Kinsgate is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Wall.
Terrace Wall South of Bow Lane and East of Kinsgate
- WRENN ID
- winding-foundation-fog
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Terrace Wall South of Bow Lane and East of Kinsgate, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 275 421
- Coordinates
- 54.77339, -1.57354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace wall located south of Bow Lane and east of Kingsgate is a Grade I listed structure, likely part of the Kingsgate postern of the Castle defences. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone and features a brick parapet with ashlar dressings. The wall serves as a stone retaining wall, which has a chamfered set-back, and is topped with a scalloped brick parapet that has a flat stone coping.
Local climate
Terrace Wall South of Bow Lane and East of Kinsgate receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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