Garden Wall and Dog Shelter North of Frosterley House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Garden wall, dog shelter.

Garden Wall and Dog Shelter North of Frosterley House

WRENN ID
solemn-hinge-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Garden wall, dog shelter
Address
Garden Wall and Dog Shelter North of Frosterley House, Front Street, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NZ 027 370
Coordinates
54.72801, -1.95836
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall and dog shelter located north of Frosterley House date from around 1840. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features oblique round coping stones. The dog shelter is stone-flagged and is integrated into the high garden wall, which curves around the east side of the garden behind Frosterley House. On the east side of the wall, there is a ground-level recess that is sheltered by large stone flags tilted into the wall-face, facing an arched entrance to the yard.

Local climate

Garden Wall and Dog Shelter North of Frosterley House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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