Gateway Approximately 50 Yards South of Birney Hill Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Gateway.
Gateway Approximately 50 Yards South of Birney Hill Hall
- WRENN ID
- drifting-plaster-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- NZ 149 698
- Coordinates
- 55.02331, -1.76763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gateway, located approximately 50 yards south of Birney Hill Hall, dates from the early 18th century. It features rusticated gate piers that have pulvinated friezes, cornices, and ball finials resting on cushion bases. The low quadrant walls are topped with railings that include a top rail and pointed standards, which culminate in lower rusticated piers with cornices and obelisk finials. The double gates are designed with a dog rail, an arched top rail, and spearhead standards.
Local climate
Gateway Approximately 50 Yards South of Birney Hill Hall receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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