Gate Piers West of Whitburn Moors Farm is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. A C18 Gate pier.

Gate Piers West of Whitburn Moors Farm

WRENN ID
rough-alcove-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1985
Type
Gate pier
Address
Gate Piers West of Whitburn Moors Farm, Sunderland Road
OS grid reference
NZ 389 610
Coordinates
54.94217, -1.39365
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two gate piers located west of Whitburn Moors Farm, dating from the 18th century. They are made of rendered coursed sandstone and have a square shape. A notable feature is the band on the second course from the top, which is topped with a pineapple finial.

Local climate

Gate Piers West of Whitburn Moors Farm 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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