Gateway to North-West of Chester Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Gateway.
Gateway to North-West of Chester Lodge
- WRENN ID
- silent-column-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Gateway
- Address
- Gateway to North-West of Chester Lodge, Chester Road, Bournmoor
- OS grid reference
- NZ 284 523
- Coordinates
- 54.86482, -1.55775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway to the northwest of Chester Lodge is an arched structure built in 1815 by Ignatius Bonomi for John Lambton, who later became the 1st Earl of Durham. The walls were extended in the mid-19th century and are made of ashlar sandstone, showcasing a classical style.
This tall and imposing gateway features a semicircular arch with an archivolt and corniced imposts, framed by Tuscan pilasters. The entablature includes a frieze with a raised oblong panel set in a moulded surround, flanked by carved stone rams' heads, which are the Lambton insignia. The blocking course at the top of the gateway breaks forward at the ends.
On either side of the gateway, the lower piers have raised fielded panels, cornices, and enriched S-scroll brackets. A pair of tall iron gates with close-set bars and dogbars topped with spike finials are present; each gate leaf has a narrow margin of small cross-braced panels.
Flanking the gateway are 1.75-metre high convex quadrant walls that feature plinths and chamfered copings. The extension walls have flat coping and lead to square-plan end piers topped with low pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Gateway to North-West of Chester Lodge receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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