Row of Houses at Wolfcleugh, About 200 Metres South of Rookhope Burn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. House.

Row of Houses at Wolfcleugh, About 200 Metres South of Rookhope Burn

WRENN ID
brooding-floor-dawn
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
OS grid reference
NY 902 432
Coordinates
54.7839, -2.1531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This row of houses at Wolfcleugh, located about 200 metres south of Rookhope Burn, dates from the late 18th century and was originally built as lead-miners' houses. The structure is made of sandstone rubble, featuring some quoins and ashlar dressings, and has a stone-flagged roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of nine bays arranged in groups of 2, 2, 3, and 2. The second, fourth, sixth, and eighth bays have boarded doors, some of which are damaged, while the other bays on the ground floor have empty square windows, with the left end window partly blocked. The first floor features small square windows, some with glazing bars. Each section of the building has a chimney at the right end. There is a full-width pent extension at the rear. The houses are included in the listing for their historic interest and were empty and derelict at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Row of Houses at Wolfcleugh, About 200 Metres South of Rookhope Burn 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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