Pound, 50 Metres North of the Pack-Horse Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Animal pound.
Pound, 50 Metres North of the Pack-Horse Bridge
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Animal pound
- OS grid reference
- NZ 179 190
- Coordinates
- 54.56594, -1.72464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is an animal pound located 50 metres north of the Pack-horse bridge in Headlam. It is likely from the early 19th century. The pound features dry sandstone rubble walls that are approximately 1.5 metres high, enclosing a rectangular area measuring about 15 by 25 metres. There is a narrow opening in the middle of the south wall, which has a boarded gate and dressed piers. The corners of the structure are made with roughly dressed quoins.
Local climate
Pound, 50 Metres North of the Pack-Horse Bridge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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