Marl Beck Mine Shop and Level is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. A C19 Mine lodging shop.
Marl Beck Mine Shop and Level
- WRENN ID
- lesser-groin-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Mine lodging shop
- Address
- Marl Beck Mine Shop and Level, Middleton in Teesdale
- OS grid reference
- NY 949 287
- Coordinates
- 54.65356, -2.07962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marl Beck Mine Shop and Level is a lead mine lodging shop and level, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings, topped with a stone-flagged roof. The level features coursed rubble walls that support a roughly-shaped arch.
The shop is two storeys high and has three bays. There are flat stone lintels above empty doorways in the two right bays, and two wide openings on the first floor in the outer bays, each with flat stone sills. The entrance to the level, located about 3 metres to the right, is approximately 1.5 metres high and features a segmental arch. This building is included for its historical interest as a remnant of the significant lead mining industry in the area during the 19th century. It was empty at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Marl Beck Mine Shop and Level sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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