Outbuilding South of Messenger House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding South of Messenger House

WRENN ID
dreaming-vestry-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1987
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding South of Messenger House, Messenger Bank
OS grid reference
NZ 091 528
Coordinates
54.87009, -1.8593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is an outbuilding located south of Messenger House, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features stone gable coping. The structure has three storeys and is one bay wide, with the ground sloping down to the right.

On the front, there is a boarded Dutch door on the right, which is set beneath a flat stone lintel. To the left, there is a boarded window with a similar lintel and a projecting stone sill at ground level. Above, on the first floor, there is a loft door that is also boarded, along with a smaller second-floor window that has a slatted lower part and upper glazing bars, though it is currently without glass and boarded on the inside. Large sandstone blocks form a double parabola around this opening, likely having supported a hoist in the past.

At the rear, which is on higher ground, there is a two-storey section featuring double boarded vehicle doors set in alternate-block jambs under a flat stone lintel. Additionally, there is a stone shelf and blocked pigeon holes in the gable peak above the boarded loft opening. This outbuilding is included for its group value with Messenger House.

Local climate

Outbuilding South of Messenger House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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