Walls to South of West Middleton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1987. Walls.

Walls to South of West Middleton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lapsed-bronze-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1987
Type
Walls
Address
Walls to South of West Middleton Farmhouse, Wycliffe with Thorpe
OS grid reference
NZ 129 126
Coordinates
54.50944, -1.80175
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls to the south of West Middleton Farmhouse are likely from the late 17th century and are made of coursed rubble with cut dressings. They include a terrace wall and walls that enclose a rectangular garden situated on a hillside below. The terrace wall features a flight of steps near the east end and a raking buttress near the west end. The flat slab coping includes a stone to the west of the steps that has an incised design, likely part of a medieval cross slab. The garden walls are in a ruinous state in some areas, and there is a central gateway on the south side that holds a 19th-century wrought-iron gate with an arched top and a finial.

Local climate

Walls to South of West Middleton Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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