Gatepiers and Garden Wall to East of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. A Not specified Gatepiers, garden wall.
Gatepiers and Garden Wall to East of the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- muffled-porch-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1969
- Type
- Gatepiers, garden wall
- Period
- Not specified
- Address
- Gatepiers and Garden Wall to East of the Old Rectory, 1, North Road, Ponteland
- OS grid reference
- NZ 165 728
- Coordinates
- 55.05025, -1.74246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers and garden wall to the east of The Old Rectory were built in the early 18th century. The structure is made of brick laid in English Garden Wall Bond, with ashlar piers. The gatepiers are square, featuring a bold cornice and topped with pyramidal caps that have diamond-shaped finials. The wall stands approximately 6 feet high and extends about 30 yards in length.
Local climate
Gatepiers and Garden Wall to East of the Old Rectory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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