Burnhopeside Hall Farmhouse and Farm Buildings is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Farmhouse, farm buildings.
Burnhopeside Hall Farmhouse and Farm Buildings
- WRENN ID
- muted-window-hazel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse, farm buildings
- Address
- Burnhopeside Hall Farmhouse and Farm Buildings, A691, Lanchester
- OS grid reference
- NZ 187 461
- Coordinates
- 54.80984, -1.70992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burnhopeside Hall Farmhouse and its associated farm buildings date from the early 19th century and have undergone some alterations. The structure is built from coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings, and it features reused early 19th-century railway lines that support the vehicle entrance. The roof is covered with Welsh slate.
The complex consists of three ranges arranged around a courtyard. The farmhouse is located in the west range, which is two storeys high and has five bays. It features a renewed boarded door set in a plain stone surround, along with similar surrounds—some of which have been renewed—on the 16-pane sash windows on the ground floor and the two-light horizontal sliding sashes on the first floor. There is also an inserted window in the right bay of the first floor that has a projecting stone sill, and the roof is low-pitched and hipped.
The left return range is also two storeys and has four bays, with the first bay being part of the house. The other bays contain Dutch doors facing the yard, along with flat lintels and sills for the partly-glazed stable and loft windows. The vehicle entrance in the last bay is supported by railway lines that are said to have originated from a railway track laid in the grounds by William Hedley, a railway locomotive engineer who lived at Burnhopeside Hall and was known for developing new types of line and engine.
The east rear range is two storeys high and has five bays, featuring plain stone surrounds to boarded doors in the fourth bay and in the second bay on the first floor, which are accessed via side stone steps. The building is graded for its historical interest.
Local climate
Burnhopeside Hall Farmhouse and Farm Buildings receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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