Outbuilding West of Board Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1987. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding West of Board Cottage

WRENN ID
sunken-chapel-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1987
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding West of Board Cottage, Iveston Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 136 503
Coordinates
54.84814, -1.78851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outbuilding west of Board Cottage is a mid-19th century structure that now serves as a byre and loft. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble, featuring quoins and ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof with a brick chimney. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The central entrance is a boarded Dutch door, flanked by wide stable windows that have thin wooden lintels and projecting sills. On the first floor, there is a central boarded loft door, with a window to the right, both of which have flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. The roof includes a chimney at the right end. This outbuilding is included for its group value.

Local climate

Outbuilding West of Board Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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