Outbuilidng to East of Bishop Oak is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Outbuilding.
Outbuilidng to East of Bishop Oak
- WRENN ID
- woven-jade-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- Outbuilidng to East of Bishop Oak, Leazes Lane, Wolsingham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 066 391
- Coordinates
- 54.7475, -1.89802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an outbuilding, likely a former privy, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings, topped with a stone-flagged roof. The building is a single storey and consists of one bay. It features a plain stone surround to the door, which has a diagonally-panelled lower half and an upper half with two vertical panels, each containing a semicircular hole with a bracketed shelf of the same shape. The monopitch roof slopes down towards the rear.
Local climate
Outbuilidng to East of Bishop Oak receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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