Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Manor House

WRENN ID
pitched-postern-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor House, Houghton Bank Lane, Houghton Le Side, DL2 2XH
OS grid reference
NZ 225 218
Coordinates
54.59098, -1.65315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This manor house, likely of medieval origin, has undergone significant alterations in the 18th century and 19th century. A rear wing features a door lintel dated 1730 or 1750. The building is constructed of painted, coursed rubble with an imitation stone-tiled roof and brick chimney stacks. Its original design was L-shaped, with a further outshut forming an internal angle. Originally a single-story structure, it now presents a two-story, three-bay facade. The ground-floor walls are exceptionally thick, measuring 1.75 metres, with roughly shaped quoins. The later first-floor walls step back and employ alternating quoins. A central entrance features a boarded-over six-panel door with a two-pane overlight, flanked by two-light casements set within enlarged openings. Above, three four-pane sashes are present, with the original intermediate glazing bars removed. The steeply pitched roof has swept eaves, coped gables and shaped kneelers. Rebuilt chimney stacks are at the ends of the building. A 12-pane horizontal-sliding sash is set high on the left return, and the one-story outshut features a similar 12-pane sash with a pent roof.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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