Former Hearse House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Hearse house. 2 related planning applications.
Former Hearse House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-soffit-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Hearse house
- Address
- Former Hearse House, B6277, Newbiggin, DL12 0TX
- OS grid reference
- NY 915 275
- Coordinates
- 54.64292, -2.13312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former hearse house, likely built in the mid-19th century after the road was constructed in 1830, is located on the south side of Newbiggin along the B6277. It is made of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of one bay. It features boarded double doors set in a round-headed vehicle entrance with voussoirs. The left side has flat stone lintels above a blocked door and a large blocked window with a projecting stone sill; the external stairs have been removed. The front gable has a chimney at the top, while the rear gable has a second chimney, both of which have string courses at the level of the slates. This structure is included for its historical interest.
Local climate
Former Hearse House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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 — 2 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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