Outer Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Garden wall, gate piers.

Outer Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange Farmhouse

WRENN ID
broken-spandrel-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Garden wall, gate piers
Address
Outer Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange Farmhouse, Shildon Road, Heighington
OS grid reference
NZ 244 245
Coordinates
54.61589, -1.62258
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outer walls and gate piers to the east of Middridge Grange Farmhouse are likely from the late 17th century to early 18th century. They consist of coursed rubble walls and ashlar piers, enclosing an L-plan area known as The Bull Park. The walls stand between 2.5 and 3.0 metres high, though they have been broken down and partly rebuilt in places. The wall at the south-west corner of the inner garden runs south for 25 metres and features a rebuilt rounded corner. It continues east for 90 metres and then north for 110 metres. There is a fragmentary pair of gate piers, which have chamfered rustication, located 25 metres north of the south-east corner, along with a fragmentary north return section. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Outer Walls and Gate Piers to East of Middridge Grange Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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