Piers and Railings in Front of Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Architectural feature.

Piers and Railings in Front of Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel

WRENN ID
former-landing-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Architectural feature
Address
Piers and Railings in Front of Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel, Carrshield, West Allen
OS grid reference
NY 802 479
Coordinates
54.82604, -2.30875
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The piers and railings in front of Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel date from the mid-19th century. They are made of stone and cast iron. The square stone piers have pyramidal caps and support a 20th-century wooden gate. The railings feature lotus standards and extend back on either side of the path to connect with the chapel porch, with the bases of the railings not exposed.

Local climate

Piers and Railings in Front of Whiteley Shield Methodist Chapel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 76 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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