South Courtyard Range and Cottage, to East of Croxdale Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Ancillary buildings.
South Courtyard Range and Cottage, to East of Croxdale Hall
- WRENN ID
- gentle-slate-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Ancillary buildings
- Address
- South Courtyard Range and Cottage, to East of Croxdale Hall, Croxdale and Hett
- OS grid reference
- NZ 273 378
- Coordinates
- 54.73492, -1.57648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Courtyard Range and Cottage, located to the east of Croxdale Hall, is a range of ancillary buildings dating from the late 17th century, with 19th-century alterations. Constructed from coursed sandstone rubble, it features Welsh slate roofs and brick chimney stacks. The structure is a two-storey linear range consisting of three linked parts: a two-bay section on the right that adjoins the rear of the hall, a taller and wider three-bay centre, and a two-bay cottage on the left.
There is a single-storey, three-bay lean-to that spans the junction of the right section and the centre block. Most ground-floor openings are from the 19th century and include boarded doors and replaced sash windows. The centre section retains a chamfered, Tudor-arched doorway and a double-chamfered window surround, although the central mullion has been removed. The right bay of the cottage features a fielded six-panel door set in an identical doorway. Above, there are small two-light mullioned windows, with two on the cottage and three on the centre block. The roofs are steeply pitched, with the centre section being the highest, while the cottage roof is hipped on the left. The end and ridge stacks have mostly been rebuilt. The lean-to range includes two 12-pane horizontal-sliding sashes and has a low pent roof. The rear has blocked original openings and 19th-century sashes. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
South Courtyard Range and Cottage, to East of Croxdale Hall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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