Ivy Cottage and Adjacent Outbuilding to South is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. House, cottage.

Ivy Cottage and Adjacent Outbuilding to South

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
28 October 1987
Type
House, cottage
Address
Ivy Cottage and Adjacent Outbuilding to South, Brignall
OS grid reference
NZ 071 122
Coordinates
54.50561, -1.89088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ivy Cottage, which was originally a pair of cottages, along with an adjacent outbuilding to the south, dates from the 18th century and early 19th century. The building is constructed of rubble with roughly-shaped quoins and dressings, topped by a graduated stone slate roof. The east elevation features two storeys and two wide bays. There is a boarded door to the left of centre within a block surround, with a blocked door to the right and angle quoins of the original smaller house visible above. The windows are 4-pane sashes with slightly projecting sills.

To the left, there is a lower outbuilding that has slit vents, a blocked doorway with a part-slatted window inserted, and a 20th-century sliding door. The left side of the outbuilding displays three pairs of slit vents and another vent in the gable. The rear elevation of the house is similar to the front, and there is a boarded door in an irregular-block surround leading to the outbuilding. This listing is included for its group value.

Local climate

Ivy Cottage and Adjacent Outbuilding to South receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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