Gateway and Railings at Entrance to Western Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Gateway.
Gateway and Railings at Entrance to Western Lodge
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-rood-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway and Railings at Entrance to Western Lodge, Whitesmocks, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 261 435
- Coordinates
- 54.78588, -1.59513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and railings at the entrance to Western Lodge date from the early 19th century and consist of pedestrian and vehicle gates flanked by railings on dwarf walls. They are made of cast iron and feature ashlar walls. The vehicle entrance and the left pedestrian entrance are marked by tapered round piers with moulded leaf-patterned capitals, which also terminate the quadrant walls and railings. The walls have a low rounded coping, and both the railings and gates are adorned with foliage finials. The lock bears the name of the founder, James Gimson of Gateshead, which may refer to the gates and railings.
Local climate
Gateway and Railings at Entrance to Western Lodge 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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