Wheldon House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Wheldon House

WRENN ID
fallow-attic-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1987
Type
House
Address
Wheldon House, 32, Front Street, Pelton, DH2 1LX
OS grid reference
NZ 250 531
Coordinates
54.87246, -1.61141
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheldon House is a house dated to the 17th century, possibly 1726, as indicated on the door lintel, with mid-19th century additions. It is constructed of dressed and squared stone, topped with a Welsh slate roof and features brick chimney stacks. The house has two storeys and three windows, comprising two distinct builds, with a straight joint to the left of the door. It has flush quoins and an off-centre replaced door set in a chamfered stone surround, which is topped by a gabled wood hood. The lintel above the door is inscribed with "17 A," although the remainder is illegible. There is a 20th-century glazed door located at the far left. The windows are replaced 12-pane sashes with projecting sills, and the ground floor windows have 20th-century louvred shutters. The steeply-pitched roof features coped gables, shaped kneelers, and a 20th-century gabled dormer. There are left end and ridge stacks with moulded stone bands, while the right end stack has been rebuilt. Additionally, there is a two-storey, two-bay 19th-century wing at the left rear.

Local climate

Wheldon House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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