Hand Ball Wall to Rear of Langley Park Public House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Wall.
Hand Ball Wall to Rear of Langley Park Public House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Hand Ball Wall to Rear of Langley Park Public House, Front Street, Esh
- OS grid reference
- NZ 212 451
- Coordinates
- 54.80048, -1.67065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The hand-ball wall located at the rear of the Langley Park Public House dates from the late 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. The wall stands approximately 6 metres high and 12 metres wide, featuring pilasters at both ends and at three intermediate points, topped with a flat stone coping. This structure is a rare example of a once common feature in the mining villages of the region. There is also a later pent outhouse nearby, but it is not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Hand Ball Wall to Rear of Langley Park Public House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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