Privy Rows at Rear of Numbers 1 to 4 Abbey Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Privies.
Privy Rows at Rear of Numbers 1 to 4 Abbey Cottages
- WRENN ID
- grey-passage-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Privies
- Address
- Privy Rows at Rear of Numbers 1 to 4 Abbey Cottages, Abbey Lane, Egglestone Abbey, DL12 9TN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 061 150
- Coordinates
- 54.5311, -1.90708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The privies and coalhouses at the rear of numbers 1 to 4 Abbey Cottages date from around 1800. They are constructed of rubble with roughly-cut quoins and feature stone slate roofs. There are two rows, each with a monopitch roof and four boarded doors. These structures are included for their group value.
Local climate
Privy Rows at Rear of Numbers 1 to 4 Abbey Cottages 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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