Necessary House Approximately 30 Metres West of No. 32, and Wall Attached. is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Necessary house.

Necessary House Approximately 30 Metres West of No. 32, and Wall Attached.

WRENN ID
third-dormer-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Necessary house
OS grid reference
NZ 125 205
Coordinates
54.57971, -1.80727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Necessary house and garden wall attached, located approximately 30 metres west of No. 32. This structure dates from the early 18th century and is built of brick with ashlar coping and dressings, topped with a stone-flagged roof. The wall, which is about 3 metres high, extends west from the rear wing of No. 32 and features a ramped section leading up to a boarded door with a Tudor-arched head, situated around 30 metres from the house. Beyond this door, the wall continues for another 30 metres to a summerhouse. There is a wide keyed segmental brick arch, approximately 1.5 metres high, located to the east of the summerhouse, the function of which is unknown, as well as a second Tudor-arched doorway with a stone surround, about 4 metres east of the summerhouse. This second door previously provided access to a yard behind the laundry and servants' wing of No. 32. The necessary house behind the wall has a pent roof.

Inside the necessary house, there is fielded panelling at the front of the earth closet and around the seat, which features three small and two large round holes. There is also a small lamp recess in the right wall and a small square window on the left. The building was derelict at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Necessary House Approximately 30 Metres West of No. 32, and Wall Attached. receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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