Wolfcleugh Sheepfold Circa 200 Metres South West of Wolfcleugh Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1967. Sheepfold.
Wolfcleugh Sheepfold Circa 200 Metres South West of Wolfcleugh Cottages
- WRENN ID
- riven-keystone-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1967
- Type
- Sheepfold
- OS grid reference
- NY 900 431
- Coordinates
- 54.78299, -2.15618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wolfcleugh Sheepfold, located approximately 200 metres south-west of Wolfcleugh Cottages, is a sheepfold that possibly dates from the 19th century. It features drystone walling with oblique copings and two rows of throughstones. The structure consists of a large circular enclosure with a tapered opening on the south side, which includes a large sill stone in the opening.
Local climate
Wolfcleugh Sheepfold Circa 200 Metres South West of Wolfcleugh Cottages 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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