Gateway and Wall Attached South of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Gateway and wall.
Gateway and Wall Attached South of Manor House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-transept-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gateway and wall
- Address
- Gateway and Wall Attached South of Manor House, Church Lane, Ferryhill
- OS grid reference
- NZ 289 328
- Coordinates
- 54.68945, -1.55214
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and wall attached south of Manor House is a boundary feature likely dating from the 17th century, with some restoration in the late 20th century. The wall is made of thinly-rendered rubble and has a renewed brick coping. The gateway is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and coping.
The wall stands approximately 1.7 meters high and runs along the southern boundary of the Manor House garden, extending about 10 meters on either side of the gateway. The gateway itself is about 2 meters high, featuring a flat stone lintel above a boarded door that has a ledge and battens. It is topped with a gable that has moulded flat coping and three ball finials.
In the gable peak, there is a renewed inscription that reads 'SIC SITI LIETANTUR LARES (sic)/How happily seated those lares are/Who feed on Prospect and Fresh Air/Dine moderately every Day/ And Work their Suppertime away', accompanied by a low-relief scallop shell above it. Below this, there is a sundial that has been reset upside down, which bears the inscription 'Ad hoc memento...'.
Local climate
Gateway and Wall Attached South of Manor House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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