Gate Piers and Walls in Front of Pontop Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Gate piers and walls.
Gate Piers and Walls in Front of Pontop Hall
- WRENN ID
- rooted-dormer-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Gate piers and walls
- Address
- Gate Piers and Walls in Front of Pontop Hall, A692
- OS grid reference
- NZ 148 536
- Coordinates
- 54.8773, -1.77031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and walls in front of Pontop Hall are from the early 18th century. They consist of a sandstone rubble wall topped with stone coping, and feature ashlar piers. The wall stands about one metre high in front of the house and includes a wide entrance flanked by two square piers. These piers exhibit alternate-block rustication and large cornices, topped with ball finials on cruciform scroll brackets, although one bracket is missing. The wall extends around the garden to the right and ramps up to a height of 2 metres.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Walls in Front of Pontop Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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 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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