Piers and Gate at Entrance to Drive to Church of Our Lady is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. A 18th century Gate piers and gate.
Piers and Gate at Entrance to Drive to Church of Our Lady
- WRENN ID
- heavy-shingle-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1987
- Type
- Gate piers and gate
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Piers and Gate at Entrance to Drive to Church of Our Lady, the Avenue, Seaton Valley
- OS grid reference
- NZ 320 764
- Coordinates
- 55.08149, -1.49989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers and gate at the entrance to the drive leading to the Church of Our Lady date from the early 18th and 19th centuries. They are constructed from squared tooled stone and feature wrought iron elements. The gate piers have a chamfered plinth, moulded caps, and restored ball finials. The double gates include spike-topped stiles, bars with alternating fleur-de-lys and wavy tops, and crossed rails with a shield at the intersection. The adjacent walls are not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Piers and Gate at Entrance to Drive to Church of Our Lady receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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