Walls and Piers in Front of Numbers Numbers 53-59 (Odd) and 59a is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. Walls, piers.

Walls and Piers in Front of Numbers Numbers 53-59 (Odd) and 59a

WRENN ID
carved-beam-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1994
Type
Walls, piers
Address
Walls and Piers in Front of Numbers Numbers 53-59 (Odd) and 59a, Galgate, Barnard Castle
OS grid reference
NZ 051 167
Coordinates
54.54604, -1.92166
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and piers in front of numbers 53-59 (odd) and 59A in Barnard Castle date from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are constructed of rubble with ashlar coping and piers. These low walls with gabled coping serve as garden retaining walls for what was originally a single house known as Caroline Grove, which has since been divided into four separate houses. Each house is accessed through square, slightly tapered piers made from a single block with pyramidal coping. Number 57 features a wrought-iron gate and an overthrow dating from around 1950, made by the Grove Iron Works in Barnard Castle, which bears the initials 'WS' for William Smith, the owner of the iron works who lived in this house. The walls and piers are included for their group value.

Local climate

Walls and Piers in Front of Numbers Numbers 53-59 (Odd) and 59a 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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