North Lodge and Wall to Stanhope Castle (Castle Lodge) is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Lodge, wall. 1 related planning application.
North Lodge and Wall to Stanhope Castle (Castle Lodge)
- WRENN ID
- lesser-niche-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Lodge, wall
- Address
- North Lodge and Wall to Stanhope Castle (Castle Lodge), Front Street
- OS grid reference
- NY 995 392
- Coordinates
- 54.74808, -2.00797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Lodge and the wall to Stanhope Castle, also known as Castle Lodge, were built in the early 19th century for Cuthbert Rippon. The lodge is constructed of sandstone ashlar with a plinth, while the rear half is made of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The roof is not visible. The wall is made of coursed rubble with an ashlar parapet.
The lodge is two storeys high and has four bays. The fourth bay features a shouldered surround to a patterned boarded door, with a small window to the right and a two-light window above. The three windows on the left are either shouldered or have round-headed lights, all located in a two-storey canted bay and consisting of two lights. A projecting parapet has a raised panel over the canted bay, which contains a coat of arms. There is also a rear ashlar corniced chimney.
The wall features a stepped battlemented parapet and a canted back that holds a segmental-headed arch, with a boarded door located to the right of the arch.
Local climate
North Lodge and Wall to Stanhope Castle (Castle Lodge) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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