Gate Piers C30 Yards South of Halton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Gate piers.
Gate Piers C30 Yards South of Halton Castle
- WRENN ID
- woven-crypt-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gate piers
- OS grid reference
- NY 997 678
- Coordinates
- 55.00492, -2.00579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers located approximately 30 yards south of Halton Castle date from around 1700 and are constructed of ashlar. They are two tall square piers, each about 12 feet high, featuring bulgy rustication. The piers are divided into three stages, measuring approximately 3 feet, 6 feet, and 1 foot, with a cornice at each stage. At the top, they are capped by four scrolls that hold urns.
Local climate
Gate Piers C30 Yards South of Halton Castle 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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