The Square (Numbers 3 to 6 Consecutive) with Farmbuilding Range to Left of Number 6 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. House, farmbuilding.
The Square (Numbers 3 to 6 Consecutive) with Farmbuilding Range to Left of Number 6
- WRENN ID
- second-sandstone-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- House, farmbuilding
- Address
- The Square (Numbers 3 to 6 Consecutive) with Farmbuilding Range to Left of Number 6, Rokeby
- OS grid reference
- NZ 086 131
- Coordinates
- 54.51332, -1.8678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Square, consisting of numbers 3 to 6 and a farmbuilding range to the left of number 6, is a group of four houses and a farmbuilding range dating from the mid-18th century. The buildings are constructed from rubble with tooled and margined quoins and dressings, topped with graduated stone slate roofs. The houses are arranged in an L-plan and are two storeys high. Numbers 3 and 4, which face north, each have two bays, while numbers 5 and 6, facing west, each have three irregular bays. The entrances feature six-panelled doors, two of which have overlights, while number 4 has a boarded door. There are also two boarded doors to the right of number 5's entrance. The ground floor has 16-pane sash windows, and the upper floor has 12-pane sashes. Most of the openings on numbers 3 and 4 are framed in stone. The roof of number 6 is hipped to the left, and each house has a single banded ridge stack.
The left return of number 6 and the rear farmbuilding range create a nearly symmetrical composition with one bay on the left and three bays in the center, followed by one bay on the right. This section features an upright slab plinth and a first-floor band. The central boarded door has a radial fanlight set in a round arch, with a boarded pitching door above. There are similar doorways in the flanking bays, which are now blocked. The right end has 12-pane Yorkshire sash windows on both floors. The slightly projecting end bays include tall blind arches with impost bands, with the left arch containing an inserted window; the roof here is also hipped to the left. The left return of the range shows a large 20th-century opening. An added smithy, featuring a cart entrance under a timber lintel, is located to the left, along with a 16-pane sash window and a stack at the left end.
Local climate
The Square (Numbers 3 to 6 Consecutive) with Farmbuilding Range to Left of Number 6 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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