The Garth is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. House.

The Garth

WRENN ID
sombre-cupola-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
House
Address
The Garth, the Green, Headlam
OS grid reference
NZ 179 190
Coordinates
54.5664, -1.72428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Garth is a house dating from the 18th century, with significant alterations made in the mid-19th century and early 20th century. It is constructed from limewashed sandstone rubble, featuring dressed quoins, and has a pantiled roof with rebuilt brick end and ridge stacks.

The entrance front is two storeys high, with two wide bays and a right bay that was created by raising a single-storey extension in the mid-19th century. The entrance features a 19th-century six-panel door with a two-pane overlight at the junction. To the left, there are two early 20th-century bay windows, while to the right is a single 19th-century tripartite window with two-pane sashes. On the first floor, there are three similar tripartite windows with projecting sills and flush lintels. Above the door, there is a Yorkshire Insurance fire mark dated 1825. The roof is moderately pitched with slightly swept eaves.

To the right, there is a single-storey, two-bay addition that includes a 12-pane horizontal-sliding sash window, a boarded door, and a renewed pantiled roof. The rear of the main block features two round-arched sashes and a single-storey outshut.

Local climate

The Garth 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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