Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings in Front of Careers Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Walls, piers, gates, railings.

Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings in Front of Careers Centre

WRENN ID
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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
Walls, piers, gates, railings
Address
Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings in Front of Careers Centre, College Street
OS grid reference
NZ 250 648
Coordinates
54.97723, -1.60961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls, piers, gates, and railings in front of the Careers Centre were built in 1883 by R.J. Johnson. They are constructed from sandstone ashlar and wrought iron. At the west entrance, there are two tall piers, and there is one pier at the east end of the wall south of the Youth Employment Centre, along with another to the north-west. The structure features three rusticated square piers with plinths, cornices, and ball finials, as well as one pier without a cornice and finial at the north-west. There are dwarf stone walls with moulded coping to the west and south of the building. The railings have spear-head designs with ramped top rails and panelled principals topped with urn finials. The wide gates on the west side have an overthrow, while a simpler single gate is located on the south side.

Local climate

Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings in Front of Careers Centre 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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