Badger Way Stoop, 700 Metres North West of Byers Hill is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1967. Waymarker.

Badger Way Stoop, 700 Metres North West of Byers Hill

WRENN ID
silent-loggia-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1967
Type
Waymarker
OS grid reference
NZ 064 077
Coordinates
54.4648, -1.90198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Badger Way Stoop is a waymarker and boundary stone located 700 metres north-west of Byers Hill, marking the border with Newsham Civil Parish in North Yorkshire. It dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century and is made of cut sandstone. The stoop is a five-sided pillar approximately 1.3 metres high. The two cut faces on the north and west sides each have the inscription 'BADGER WAY STOOP' in incised Roman capitals, and there is an incised 'B' on the sloping top face between the inscriptions.

Local climate

Badger Way Stoop, 700 Metres North West of Byers Hill 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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