Gate Piers, Gates, Walls and Railings in Front of Former Schools is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Gate piers and walls.

Gate Piers, Gates, Walls and Railings in Front of Former Schools

WRENN ID
ruined-newel-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Gate piers and walls
Address
Gate Piers, Gates, Walls and Railings in Front of Former Schools, A690
OS grid reference
NZ 179 350
Coordinates
54.71014, -1.72292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gate piers, gates, walls, and railings in front of the former schools were built in 1877. They feature snecked sandstone walls, ashlar piers, and copings, along with cast iron gates and railings. The square piers have pyramidal coping and support spear-headed gates in front of the school porches. Dwarf walls with low sloped coping support spear-headed railings.

Local climate

Gate Piers, Gates, Walls and Railings in Front of Former Schools 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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