Gate Piers, Gates and Overthrow to East of Church of St Alban is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Gate piers.
Gate Piers, Gates and Overthrow to East of Church of St Alban
- WRENN ID
- grey-spindle-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Gate piers
- Address
- Gate Piers, Gates and Overthrow to East of Church of St Alban, Windy Nook Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 272 609
- Coordinates
- 54.94247, -1.57642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and overthrow located to the east of the Church of St. Alban were designed by Thomas Liddell and constructed between 1841 and 1842. The structure features tall square piers made of coursed sandstone, topped with gabled, roll-moulded designs. The wrought iron gates are supported by spear-head standards, and there is an overthrow that includes a lampholder, also crafted from wrought iron.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Gates and Overthrow to East of Church of St Alban receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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