Tap Housing Circa 10 Metres West of Number 8 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tap housing.
Tap Housing Circa 10 Metres West of Number 8
- WRENN ID
- grey-lintel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tap housing
- OS grid reference
- NY 949 251
- Coordinates
- 54.62139, -2.08018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tap housing, located approximately 10 metres west of Number 8 in Middleton in Teesdale, was built around 1827 for the London Lead Company. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features stone kerbs in front of plain jambs that support a wider lintel. The coping is shaped like a pediment and is set back slightly, with the entire structure standing about 0.8 metres high. Inside the recess, there is a stone slab with a tap set into the top and a wooden backing above. Two iron bars extend from the stone slab to the kerb, forming a bucket stand. This tap housing exemplifies the care taken by the Lead Company in providing housing and facilities for its best workers, approximately thirty years before the local authority established a public water supply.
Local climate
Tap Housing Circa 10 Metres West of Number 8 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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