Piers and Gates East of Former Whickham View Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Gates, piers.
Piers and Gates East of Former Whickham View Schools
- WRENN ID
- pitched-quoin-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Gates, piers
- Address
- Piers and Gates East of Former Whickham View Schools, Muscott Grove
- OS grid reference
- NZ 201 647
- Coordinates
- 54.97693, -1.68617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers and gates located east of the former Whickham View Schools are designed for vehicle and pedestrian entrances. They are made of concrete and feature metal bands, with wrought iron gates. There are eight round piers that have low rounded coping and bands, creating a central vehicle entrance, while the pedestrian and vehicle entrances on either side project forward. The gates and railings have a geometric pattern. The round piers display exposed aggregate and include one metal band near the base and two near the top.
Local climate
Piers and Gates East of Former Whickham View Schools 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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