Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Westgate Road is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Boundary stone.

Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Westgate Road

WRENN ID
swift-pier-moss
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
Boundary stone
Address
Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Westgate Road, NE1 1SG
OS grid reference
NZ 245 639
Coordinates
54.97, -1.61789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The town boundary stone is located in the rear wall of number 65 Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne. It dates from the 18th century and is made of sandstone ashlar. The stone features a tooled ashlar lintel that has been resited above a passage arch. In the center, there is a carved shield displaying the arms of the town of Newcastle, which includes three castles. Historically, the rear of the Westgate Road properties marked the boundary of the town.

Local climate

Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Town Boundary Stone in Rear Wall of Number 65 Westgate Road 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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