Urpeth Hall, Eastwood and Westacre is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Urpeth Hall, Eastwood and Westacre
- WRENN ID
- plain-arch-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Urpeth Hall, Eastwood and Westacre, DH9 0SE
- OS grid reference
- NZ 238 540
- Coordinates
- 54.88029, -1.6302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Urpeth Hall, together with the wings of Westacre and Eastwood, is a large house now divided into three dwellings. The central block, likely dating from the mid-18th century, is flanked by wings constructed around 1890, with further rear wings added during the 19th century in several phases. The main block (Urpeth Hall) contains classical interiors dating from around 1890, designed by Sopwith and Sons. The building is constructed of painted roughcast stone with Welsh slate roofs, and is arranged in a reversed U-plan with wings projecting from a central block.
The three-storey, five-bay central block features a central 19th-century stone porch. It has late 19th-century window surrounds with projecting sills, most windows being replaced sashes, with small square casements to the second floor, also replaced. The roof has a steep pitch with coped gables, shaped kneelers and end stacks. The two-storey wing to the left has a shallow, four-bay bowed front with similar window arrangement. It has a semi-conical roof over the bowed front and a steeply-pitched roof behind, with a coped left gable and an end stack. The long, single-storey wing to the right has a canted stone bay window on the front and a curved right return under a semi-conical roof.
The rear wings have replaced sashes, steeply-pitched roofs and end stacks. The two-storey, three-bay left wing has a lower addition to the rear. The three-storey, four-bay right wing has a two-storey, two-bay addition to the rear.
The interior of the main block (Urpeth Hall) retains some classical interiors dating from around 1890, including six-panel doors and moulded plaster ceilings. The entrance hall has a Doric screen. The domed staircase hall, lit by a glazed lantern, has a cantilevered geometrical staircase with two turned balusters per tread and a wreathed handrail. An oval room in the right wing and two rooms in the left wing also feature classical decoration. C20 additions to the rear of both rear wings are not considered to be of special interest.
Local climate
Urpeth Hall, Eastwood and Westacre receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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