Former Explosives Store at South Side of Track is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Explosives store, mine.
Former Explosives Store at South Side of Track
- WRENN ID
- fading-steeple-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Explosives store, mine
- Address
- Former Explosives Store at South Side of Track, Middleton in Teesdale
- OS grid reference
- NY 940 290
- Coordinates
- 54.65665, -2.09344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former explosives store, located on the south side of the track at Coldberry Mine in Middleton in Teesdale, is a building that likely dates back to the early 19th century, with adaptations made in the mid-19th century. Constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, it features a stone-flagged roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of three narrow bays, with a rear entry leading to the first floor.
The front elevation facing the track has a central blocked door with a flat stone lintel, behind which is a stone slab with a slit opening. Above this, there is another blocked opening with a wooden lintel and sill. The left side of the building has a blocked door towards the front, while the right side features two copper loops that once held a lightning conductor and a narrow vent slit at the peak of the gable. At the rear, there is a first-floor door that has been blocked with a zinc sheet, situated under a wooden lintel and supported by wooden brackets for a hood.
The current use of the building is not known.
Local climate
Former Explosives Store at South Side of Track 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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