Prospect House and Archway to Right is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.

Prospect House and Archway to Right

WRENN ID
woven-panel-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
House
Address
Prospect House and Archway to Right, the Street, Bowes, DL12 9LG
OS grid reference
NY 991 135
Coordinates
54.51746, -2.01425
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Prospect House and an archway to its right date from the early to mid-18th century. The house is constructed of squared rubble, with a renewed stone-flagged roof and stone chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and has three bays, featuring raised and chamfered quoins. The central doorway has been replaced, set within a moulded surround, and is accompanied by an overlight. Four-pane sashes are found in moulded surrounds. The roof has coped gables and shaped kneelers, and the end stacks include water tables.

Inside, a closed-string dogleg staircase with two flights and a landing rail features turned balusters and a moulded handrail. A wooden winder staircase is located in the back kitchen.

To the right of the house is a semicircular archway with flush voussoirs, a projecting keystone, and impost blocks, set within a short wall topped by a cornice.

Local climate

Prospect House and Archway to Right sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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