Railings and Walls to South and East of Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1973. Walls and railings.
Railings and Walls to South and East of Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- wild-hall-lichen
- 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
- 11 April 1973
- Type
- Walls and railings
- Address
- Railings and Walls to South and East of Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses, Rye Hill, NE4 7LH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 238 637
- Coordinates
- 54.96783, -1.62875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and walls to the south and east of the Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses were built around 1858. They are made of stone and cast iron. At the southeast corner of the garden, there are low walls topped with fleur-de-lys-headed railings. The eastern boundary features similar walls with large piers that have sloped copings at regular intervals. Between these piers, there are tall rows of fleur-de-lys-headed railings, which are interspersed with shorter railings that have Gothic tracery.
Local climate
Railings and Walls to South and East of Hospital of St Mary the Virgin Almshouses 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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