Great Isle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1968. Farmhouse.

Great Isle Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-cellar-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1968
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Great Isle Farmhouse, Ferryhill, Bradbury and the Isle, DL17 0LQ
OS grid reference
NZ 303 269
Coordinates
54.63675, -1.53176
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Isle Farmhouse is a substantial farmhouse dating from the mid-17th century, with significant alterations and additions made in the 19th century. The building features rendered and pebble-dashed masonry and brick, topped with Welsh slate and concrete ridged-tiled roofs, along with rebuilt brick chimneys. The main block is two stories high and consists of three bays, with two lower additions to the right.

The left bay retains a fragment of a late 15th to early 16th century chamfered plinth, which likely continues from the probable chapel range attached to the left side. There is a projecting, two-story gabled wing in the second bay. Access to the farmhouse is through four steps leading to a 20th-century glazed door with an overlight in the third bay. The windows are late 20th-century casements set in 19th-century openings, featuring flush wedge lintels and projecting sills. The roof and gabled wing display shaped kneelers and 20th-century coped gables, with chimneys located at the central ridge and ends.

To the right, there is a two-story, single-bay addition that has similar window features. An attached lower two-story, two-bay outbuilding on the far right projects forward and showcases large, roughly-dressed alternate quoins and 20th-century fixed lights. A 20th-century glazed conservatory attached to the right return is noted but is not of special interest. The farmhouse is included for its group value with the chapel range.

Local climate

Great Isle Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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