West Boundary Wall to Bowes Museum is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Boundary wall.

West Boundary Wall to Bowes Museum

WRENN ID
tall-pediment-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1973
Type
Boundary wall
Address
West Boundary Wall to Bowes Museum, Newgate, Barnard Castle
OS grid reference
NZ 053 162
Coordinates
54.54191, -1.91838
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The west boundary wall of Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle dates from around 1869. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a low gabled coping. The wall is approximately 2.5 meters high and curves along Birch Road, starting from the north end of the wall of the Catholic church. It then returns eastward at the junction with the Gateway to Dunelm Court and continues behind Nos 26 and 28. The wall further returns north behind Dunelm Court, Dunelm Square, and the grounds of Barnard Castle Fire Station, extending to Crook Road.

Local climate

West Boundary Wall to Bowes Museum receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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