Swinhopehead House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. House.

Swinhopehead House

WRENN ID
stranded-parapet-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
House
Address
Swinhopehead House, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 895 342
Coordinates
54.70322, -2.16371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swinhopehead House is an inn that has been converted into a private house, built in 1815 according to information from the owner. The building is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble, mostly rendered, with a stone-flagged roof. It has two storeys and features three bays, along with 1½-storey pent end extensions.

On the ground floor, there are stables that include a central segmental entrance for ponies, three small windows—two of which are part-slatted—and one sash window with glazing bars. The upper floor has three sash windows, with the outer ones having 16 panes each. The house also features end chimneys, boarded doors, and small windows in the outshots.

Local climate

Swinhopehead House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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