Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Railings in Front of White Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Garden wall and railings.

Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Railings in Front of White Cross Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vacant-soffit-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Garden wall and railings
Address
Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Railings in Front of White Cross Farmhouse, Gainford Road, Piercebridge
OS grid reference
NZ 198 162
Coordinates
54.5411, -1.69524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall, gate piers, and railings in front of White Cross Farmhouse date from the mid-19th century. The wall is made of coursed rubble and is painted white on the outer face, featuring a low front wall with taller rounded corners. There are 1.5-metre high return sections at the ends of the farmhouse. On the right return wall, there is a pair of gate piers with rounded tops. The short railings have turned-baluster principals and standards topped with fleur-de-lys heads. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Garden Wall, Gate Piers and Railings in Front of White Cross Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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