Boundary Stone at West Side of Former Railway Line is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Boundary stone.

Boundary Stone at West Side of Former Railway Line

WRENN ID
gilded-entrance-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Boundary stone
Address
Boundary Stone at West Side of Former Railway Line, Saltersgate Lane, Wolsingham
OS grid reference
NZ 071 431
Coordinates
54.78351, -1.8896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This boundary stone, dating from the mid-19th century, is located at the west side of a former railway line. It is made of sandstone and has a square plan, standing about half a metre high and set diagonally towards the railway. The stone features a roughly-domed top and has flat panels on the faces facing the railway, with the letter "W" inscribed on the south side and the letter "C" on the north side.

Local climate

Boundary Stone at West Side of Former Railway Line receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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