Garden Wall and Gate to South of Fenwick Shield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Garden wall.
Garden Wall and Gate to South of Fenwick Shield Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- south-gargoyle-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Garden Wall and Gate to South of Fenwick Shield Farmhouse, Matfen
- OS grid reference
- NZ 057 721
- Coordinates
- 55.04351, -1.9115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden wall and gate located to the south of Fenwick Shield Farmhouse were built around 1830. The wall is made of roughly dressed stone and stands approximately 4 feet high, featuring flat coping. It ramps down from a higher section on the right and has a central gateway marked by plain arched piers. The gate itself is designed in an elaborate Rococo style, adorned with repeated scrolls and fleurs de lys.
Local climate
Garden Wall and Gate to South of Fenwick Shield Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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