Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings South of Ryhope Pumping Station is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1974. Walls, piers, gates and railings.

Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings South of Ryhope Pumping Station

WRENN ID
eternal-thatch-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Sunderland Central MP: Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1974
Type
Walls, piers, gates and railings
Address
Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings South of Ryhope Pumping Station, Stockton Road
OS grid reference
NZ 403 523
Coordinates
54.86463, -1.37221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls, piers, gates, and railings south of Ryhope Pumping Station were built around 1870 as the original entrance to the water pumping station. They are constructed of header-bond brick and ashlar, featuring ashlar piers and wrought-iron gates and railings. The low serpentine walls, which have chamfered ashlar coping, flank the gateway and end in four panelled ashlar piers, each with a plinth, cornice, and obelisk finial. The ornamental gates are cross-braced and include dog bars, while the similar railings on the walls are ramped to the gate piers. The main entrance to the site has since been moved to the west of the superintendent's house.

Local climate

Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings South of Ryhope Pumping Station 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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