Gate Piers at Entrance to Recreation Ground is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Gate piers.
Gate Piers at Entrance to Recreation Ground
- WRENN ID
- muted-terrace-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers at Entrance to Recreation Ground, West Chilton Terrace
- OS grid reference
- NZ 282 301
- Coordinates
- 54.66601, -1.56411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers at the entrance to the Recreation Ground were built around 1840, likely designed by I. Bonomi for R.J. Eden of Windlestone Hall, originally serving as an entrance to a mausoleum. They were relocated in 1972 as a gift from the Eden family. Constructed from sandstone ashlar, the two square-plan piers stand approximately 3.5 meters high. Each pier features a chamfered plinth beneath channelled rustication, with an impost string leading to a central round-headed open arch. Above this arch is a triglyph frieze and a modillioned cornice, topped with a swept coping and a ball finial. The inner pilaster jambs are scroll-topped.
Local climate
Gate Piers at Entrance to Recreation Ground 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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