Front Wall and Gatepiers to Barningham Village School is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Wall, gatepiers.
Front Wall and Gatepiers to Barningham Village School
- WRENN ID
- pitched-bonework-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Wall, gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NZ 084 102
- Coordinates
- 54.48765, -1.87135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front wall and gatepiers to Barningham Village School were built around 1875. They are made of squared rubble with cut dressings. The low wall features chamfered coping and once had railings on top. There is a gateway near each end, marked by monolith square piers that have stop-chamfered corners and pyramidal caps. Each side of the wall has a short return of similar construction. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Front Wall and Gatepiers to Barningham Village School 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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