Gate Pier of the Old Grammar School is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Gate pier.
Gate Pier of the Old Grammar School
- WRENN ID
- mired-attic-torch
- 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
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Pier of the Old Grammar School, Westgate Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 247 639
- Coordinates
- 54.96969, -1.61547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate pier of the old grammar school is a structure dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is made of sandstone and features a square shape with a moulded plinth and cornice. The top has a flat coping adorned with an urn finial. This gate pier has been relocated from the old grammar school, which was situated in the buildings of the medieval hospital of St. Mary the Virgin nearby.
Local climate
Gate Pier of the Old Grammar School receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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