Spring Spout and Trough North of High Bishopley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Spring spout and trough.

Spring Spout and Trough North of High Bishopley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gilded-fireplace-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Spring spout and trough
Address
Spring Spout and Trough North of High Bishopley Farmhouse, Stanhope
OS grid reference
NZ 012 355
Coordinates
54.71496, -1.98138
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The spring spout and trough located north of High Bishopley farmhouse is dated 1801 and features the initials IR on the front of the trough. It is made of sandstone and consists of a scooped stone channel set in a dry-stone wall above a rectangular stone trough. The front rim of the trough has a slight scoop, and there is an inscription on the front face.

Local climate

Spring Spout and Trough North of High Bishopley Farmhouse 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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