Entrance Screen and Gates to Lemmington Hall (Sacred Heart Convent) is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Entrance screen, gates.

Entrance Screen and Gates to Lemmington Hall (Sacred Heart Convent)

WRENN ID
sombre-rubble-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Entrance screen, gates
Address
Entrance Screen and Gates to Lemmington Hall (Sacred Heart Convent), Edlingham
OS grid reference
NU 123 113
Coordinates
55.39634, -1.80647
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance screen and gates to Lemmington Hall, also known as Sacred Heart Convent, date from the 18th century. The structure is made of tooled ashlar and features a central pair of strong round piers that have fluted necking and low domed caps. These piers are connected by quadrant walls that include low arched coping, leading to square end piers, which also have domed caps. The entrance is completed with early 20th-century wrought-iron gates.

Local climate

Entrance Screen and Gates to Lemmington Hall (Sacred Heart Convent) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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