Arkendale Number 5 and Wall to Left is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Pair of houses. 2 related planning applications.
Arkendale Number 5 and Wall to Left
- WRENN ID
- woven-pedestal-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Pair of houses
- Address
- Arkendale Number 5 and Wall to Left, the Square, Romaldkirk, DL12 9EB
- OS grid reference
- NY 994 221
- Coordinates
- 54.59426, -2.00979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Arkendale Number 5 and the wall to the left are a pair of houses located in Romaldkirk, likely dating from the early 18th century with some alterations and changes to the windows made in the 19th century. The buildings are constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and feature a stone-flagged roof along with stone chimney stacks.
The structure has two storeys and consists of four bays for No. 5 and three bays for No. 6, with alternating quoins. No. 5, which is on the left, was originally a two-storey, two-bay house with a one-storey, two-bay cottage to the right that was later raised to full height. It has a replaced door in a tooled surround located in the second bay, and mainly features replaced 12-pane sash windows—three on the ground floor and two above. There is a section of quoins above and to the right of the door.
No. 6 has a central replaced door in a flush surround with a blank bay above, flanked by replaced two-pane sash windows. The roof is continuous with coped gables and shaped kneelers, and there are end stacks as well as two ridge stacks that have top bands and water tables.
A short section of wall with a segmental archway connects No. 4 (Monks Cottage) to the left return of No. 5, while the right return of No. 6 features a rough plinth. Additionally, there is a continuous, added two-storey rear outshut.
Local climate
Arkendale Number 5 and Wall to Left sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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