The Meadows is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1986. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Meadows
- WRENN ID
- dusted-gargoyle-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor MP: Alan Strickland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Meadows, Main Street, Croxdale and Hett, DH6 5HD
- OS grid reference
- NZ 269 376
- Coordinates
- 54.73309, -1.58317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Meadows is a house located on Main Street in Croxdale and Hett, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of squared rubble laid in narrow courses, topped with a graduated stone-tiled roof and rendered chimney stacks. The building is two stories high and features three bays, with an additional bay added to the left. The house has squared quoins and a central door that is partly glazed, dating from around 1930, which is accompanied by a four-pane overlight. This door is flanked by replaced 16-pane sash windows, which have stuccoed wedge lintels and projecting stone sills. Above the door, there is a blank bay flanked by identical 16-pane sashes positioned just under the eaves. The left bay contains a 12-pane sash window on the ground floor, complete with a wedge lintel and projecting sill, and a replaced 16-pane sash above it. The roof over the three-bay section features stone-coped gables, shaped kneelers, and transverse end stacks, while the added bay has a hipped roof. The rear of the house may be slightly older and includes various altered openings, possibly including a fire window on the first floor to the right. Inside, there is a room that showcases good 1930s panelling and a brick fireplace.
Local climate
The Meadows receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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