Gatescreen on Howick Road, C150 Metres West of Craster Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. A C18 Gatescreen.

Gatescreen on Howick Road, C150 Metres West of Craster Tower

WRENN ID
shifting-jade-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gatescreen
OS grid reference
NU 249 195
Coordinates
55.46884, -1.60713
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatescreen located on Howick Road, approximately 150 metres west of Craster Tower, is likely from the late 18th century. It is constructed of squared whinstone, featuring cut sandstone piers and dressings. The gatescreen has square piers that are topped with moulded cornices and swept-and-banded square finials. The structure includes 1.5-metre high quadrant walls that connect to similar end piers, although two of the finials are broken.

Local climate

Gatescreen on Howick Road, C150 Metres West of Craster Tower receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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