Turnip chute circa 10 metres north of Ushaw Home Farm main block is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Chute.

Turnip chute circa 10 metres north of Ushaw Home Farm main block

WRENN ID
heavy-glass-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Chute
OS grid reference
NZ 214 436
Coordinates
54.78716, -1.66772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The turnip chute, located approximately 10 metres north of the main block of Ushaw Home Farm, was built around 1851 by Joseph Hansom. It features a wall and steps made of sandstone ashlar, along with a wrought iron railing. The chute has an elliptical dwarf wall measuring about one by one and a half metres, which includes chamfered coping. There are steps leading up to the north side of the chute, adorned with trefoil-headed iron railings and spiked low dog bars. This structure is part of the planned farm layout, designed for sending turnips down to the main farm building.

Local climate

Turnip chute circa 10 metres north of Ushaw Home Farm main block receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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