Gate Piers and Garden Wall to East of Holywell Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Gate piers and garden wall.
Gate Piers and Garden Wall to East of Holywell Hall
- WRENN ID
- peeling-belfry-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Gate piers and garden wall
- Address
- Gate Piers and Garden Wall to East of Holywell Hall, Brancepeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 250 373
- Coordinates
- 54.73043, -1.61261
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and garden wall located to the east of Holywell Hall date from the mid to late 18th century. They are constructed of narrow hand-made brick in an irregular English garden wall bond. The wall features stone coping, while the gate piers have stone bases and caps. The pair of gate piers stands approximately 3.5 meters tall, with moulded bases and corniced caps, positioned near the north return of the house. The tall wall, which has a projecting flat coping, extends eastward for about 30 meters. A similar short section of wall connects the piers to the house. This structure is included for its group value. A partly rebuilt continuation of the wall at right angles beyond the east end is not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Garden Wall to East of Holywell Hall 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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