Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers to Cross House East and Cross House West is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. A Georgian Gate piers and walls. 1 related planning application.
Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers to Cross House East and Cross House West
- WRENN ID
- salt-shingle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- Gate piers and walls
- Address
- Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers to Cross House East and Cross House West, Princes Street, Corbridge, NE45 5BB
- OS grid reference
- NY 990 644
- Coordinates
- 54.97483, -2.01673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls and gate piers to Cross House East and Cross House West were built in 1754. They are made of squared stone with decorative dressings. The low wall features a shallow arched coping that ramps up to the right return and flanks a central gate. This gate is flanked by piers topped with low pyramidal caps. At the southwest corner, there is a pair of taller gate piers that have moulded bases, attached jambs, and moulded flat caps.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers to Cross House East and Cross House West receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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