Retaining Wall, Balustrade, Piers and Steps to Terrace South of Axwell Park is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. Retaining wall. 8 related planning applications.
Retaining Wall, Balustrade, Piers and Steps to Terrace South of Axwell Park
- WRENN ID
- tattered-steeple-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall, Balustrade, Piers and Steps to Terrace South of Axwell Park, Axwell Park Road, NE21 6RN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 191 620
- Coordinates
- 54.95235, -1.70285
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This retaining wall, balustrade, piers, and steps form part of the southern terrace of Axwell Park, dating to the early 19th century. The retaining wall itself is constructed of graduated courses of rusticated sandstone, topped with a moulded ashlar coping. Six piers run along each side of the terrace, supported by retaining wall pilasters and connected by a low, curved stone coping. A similar arrangement of piers and balustrade fronts the central steps. The piers in front of the steps are surmounted by tall finials bearing the arms of Clavering (lions). The terrace wall piers are decorated with wide, classical urns, some of which are now missing.
Local climate
Retaining Wall, Balustrade, Piers and Steps to Terrace South of Axwell Park 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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