Dwarf wall, railings and gate in front of Carrshield House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Wall.
Dwarf wall, railings and gate in front of Carrshield House
- WRENN ID
- slow-hearth-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Dwarf wall, railings and gate in front of Carrshield House, West Allen
- OS grid reference
- NY 802 477
- Coordinates
- 54.824, -2.30852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
In front of Carrshield House, there is a dwarf wall, railings, and a gate dating from the 19th century. The structure is made of stone and cast iron. The dwarf wall features rounded coping and supports railings topped with lotus finials on the standards and bars. The central gate has a latticed half rail.
Local climate
Dwarf wall, railings and gate in front of Carrshield House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 76 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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- No sale records on file
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