Piers, Walls, Gates and Railings in Front of Elswick Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. A Victorian Gate, wall, railings. 5 related planning applications.
Piers, Walls, Gates and Railings in Front of Elswick Lodge
- WRENN ID
- guardian-grate-sepia
- 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
- Gate, wall, railings
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Piers, Walls, Gates and Railings in Front of Elswick Lodge, Park Close, NE4 6SB
- OS grid reference
- NZ 233 638
- Coordinates
- 54.96894, -1.63683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The piers, walls, gates, and railings in front of Elswick Lodge date from around 1844 and are constructed of sandstone, with some sections in ashlar and others in snecked stone. The high ashlar walls are flanked by two octagonal gate piers featuring overlapping coping. There are square piers surrounding the garden, with two at the corners, two at the front, and five on the right side. The snecked sandstone wall has chamfered coping. The Gothic-style cast iron railings are adorned with leafy standards. The double boarded gates have an open upper section and are fitted with wrought iron strap hinges.
Local climate
Piers, Walls, Gates and Railings in Front of Elswick Lodge 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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