Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Philip and St James is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Gate, piers. 1 related planning application.
Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Philip and St James
- WRENN ID
- slow-baluster-falcon
- 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
- Address
- Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Philip and St James, Church Lane, Tow Law, DL13 4AD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 122 389
- Coordinates
- 54.74525, -1.81093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and gates located to the west of the Church of St. Philip and St. James were built around 1869 by C. Hodgson Fowler. They are made of sandstone ashlar and feature wrought iron gates. There are three square piers topped with overhanging pyramidal coping. The vehicle gate has a spike head, and there is a similarly styled round-plan pedestrian stile and gate.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Gates to West of Church of St Philip and St James receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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