Virginia Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. House.

Virginia Cottage

WRENN ID
inner-stair-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Virginia Cottage, Barningham
OS grid reference
NZ 086 103
Coordinates
54.48879, -1.86869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Virginia Cottage is a house dated 1733, constructed from squared stone with cut dressings and featuring a graduated stone slate roof. The stacks have been rebuilt in white brick on their original bases. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. The entrance, located left of centre, consists of an old five-panel door with a glazed top panel. Above the door is a panel displaying the date and the name 'James Wac....'. The cottage has four-pane sash windows, and all openings, including the date panel, are framed with architraves. The gables are coped and supported by moulded kneelers, with end stacks visible. The left side of the building shows a blocked ground-floor window within an architrave. The rear elevation features a contemporary outshut with a four-pane sash stair window and several blocked openings.

Inside, there is an old decorated door plate on the front door. The staircase is a dogleg design with a closed string, turned balusters and newels, and a moulded handrail.

Local climate

Virginia Cottage receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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