Derwentcote Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. A Mid 19th century Toll-house, house.
Derwentcote Cottage
- WRENN ID
- veiled-remnant-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1987
- Type
- Toll-house, house
- Period
- Mid 19th century
- Address
- Derwentcote Cottage, A694
- OS grid reference
- NZ 130 563
- Coordinates
- 54.90132, -1.79802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Derwentcote Cottage is a toll-house that has been converted into a private house, built around 1840. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, a plinth, and quoins, topped with a concrete-tiled roof. The building has a T-plan layout and is one storey high with two bays. The east elevation features two 2-light chamfered mullioned windows with fixed lights and glazing bars. The low-pitched hipped roof includes a central ashlar chimney with a plinth and top band. The left side facing the road has two single-light windows. At the rear, there is a chamfered stone surround to a 20th-century door, and a 3-light window in the rear wing that matches the style of the front windows. Historically, the lower road from the Tyne to Shotley Spa was first constructed around 1840 when Shotley Spa became a new commercial success.
Local climate
Derwentcote Cottage 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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