Walls and Gate Piers at South East of Garden of No 70 (Boldon House) is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Wall.

Walls and Gate Piers at South East of Garden of No 70 (Boldon House)

WRENN ID
slow-chancel-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1985
Type
Wall
Address
Walls and Gate Piers at South East of Garden of No 70 (Boldon House), Front Street, NE36 0SQ
OS grid reference
NZ 362 613
Coordinates
54.94549, -1.43531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls and gate piers located at the southeast of the garden of No 70, known as Boldon House, date from the late 18th century. They are constructed from sandstone ashlar and feature a plinth, an overhanging cornice, and a ball finial. The structure includes a long wall on the west side and a shorter wall on the east side, both of which are tall and made of roughly squared coursed sandstone.

Local climate

Walls and Gate Piers at South East of Garden of No 70 (Boldon House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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