Walls, piers and railings to west of Blaydon West Junior School is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Boundary wall.

Walls, piers and railings to west of Blaydon West Junior School

WRENN ID
fading-rood-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1985
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Walls, piers and railings to west of Blaydon West Junior School, Blaydon Bank, NE21 4PY
OS grid reference
NZ 183 632
Coordinates
54.9639, -1.71545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls, piers, and railings located to the west of Blaydon West Junior School were constructed around 1909 by T Morson. These retaining walls are made of stone and support square stone piers, which have wrought iron railings between them. They create a boundary for the entrances and playgrounds of both Blaydon West Junior and Infant Schools. Each gate pier features a flat coping and a ball finial on top.

Local climate

Walls, piers and railings to west of Blaydon West Junior School receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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