Former Lock Up West of Former Police House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Lock-up.

Former Lock Up West of Former Police House

WRENN ID
ancient-passage-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Lock-up
Address
Former Lock Up West of Former Police House, A689, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NY 843 416
Coordinates
54.76949, -2.24402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This former lock-up, dating from the early 19th century, is located west of the former police house on the north side of Stanhope A689 in Lanehead. It is constructed from lime-mortared grey sandstone and features quoins, with a stone-flagged roof. The building is one storey high with a basement and consists of one bay.

The front has a blocked basement door and window, both under thin flat stone lintels. There are L-plan steps leading to a boarded Dutch door on the right side. The roof is hipped, with a chimney at the left end that has a thin string course. The right side of the building includes a flushed basement door under a flat stone lintel and tiered pigeon holes with stone shelves in the gable peak. At the rear, there is a partly-blocked window with top glazing bars.

Local climate

Former Lock Up West of Former Police House 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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