Sledwich Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. A Late C16-early C17 Manor house. 2 related planning applications.
Sledwich Hall
- WRENN ID
- little-clay-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Sledwich Hall, Whorlton, DL12 8UU
- OS grid reference
- NZ 092 150
- Coordinates
- 54.53101, -1.85868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sledwich Hall is a large manor house that dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with restorations completed in 1854 and a major rebuilding and restoration project carried out in 1911 by A.C. Martin. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble with dressed quoins, a sandstone flag roof, and ashlar stacks. It has an altered U-plan with additions to the right side of the garden front.
The garden front features two storeys plus attics, except for the three-storey right wing. It consists of three main sections, with the outer sections being gabled projecting wings, and the right wing being deeper. The central gabled section of the main block has scattered fenestration and a 20th-century door on the left. The windows are primarily stone mullioned, with two and three lights, some featuring transoms, and most have been restored. There is a mix of 20th-century leaded glazing and some hoodmoulds. The gables are topped with stone copings and kneelers, and there are ball finials on the wings. On the left inner return, there is a projecting offset stack. The other facades have similar fenestration.
To the right, there is a two-storey, three-bay addition from 1911 that includes three hipped, stone-tiled dormers. The entrance front, which is mainly rebuilt, has two storeys and eleven bays, featuring a central two-storey porch and end wings. The roof is moderately pitched and has conjoined and corniced 19th-century ridge stacks.
Local climate
Sledwich Hall 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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