Piers and Railings 500 Metres South West of Rokeby Park is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Gatepiers and railings.

Piers and Railings 500 Metres South West of Rokeby Park

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Gatepiers and railings
OS grid reference
NZ 080 137
Coordinates
54.51915, -1.87763
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure consists of piers and a railed screen located 500 metres southwest of Rokeby Park. The piers date back to 1725, with one of them formerly dated, and originally served as gatepiers for the east entrance of the park. They were re-set with a railed screen in the early 19th century. The piers are made of ashlar and feature cast iron elements. There are two tall rectangular piers that have a plinth, rusticated quoins, a Greek key frieze, swags, and pedimented tops. These piers are connected by a curved 40-metre dwarf wall that has arched coping and is topped with spearhead railings.

Local climate

Piers and Railings 500 Metres South West of Rokeby Park 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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