Public Shelter About 8 Metres South of Numbers 1 and 3 Neasham Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1988. Public shelter.
Public Shelter About 8 Metres South of Numbers 1 and 3 Neasham Hill
- WRENN ID
- fallow-chimney-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1988
- Type
- Public shelter
- OS grid reference
- NZ 329 104
- Coordinates
- 54.48803, -1.49323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a former pumphouse, now serving as a public shelter, constructed in 1879 for Mr. Ward of Neasham, as noted on a plaque on the rear wall. It features a curved rear wall made of engineering brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone ashlar responds and a pink marble column. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles. The structure has a triangular plan with two open sides, a column positioned at an angle, and a curved rear wall. The squat column has a carved stone capital and stands on a tall shaped base, with chamfered semi-octagonal responds. Moulded wood beams span the open sides, and the steeply-pitched roof is hipped over the open sides, becoming semi-conical above the rear wall, topped with a terracotta finial. Inside, there is a carved stone plaque featuring a shield, the monogram SRW (for S.R. Ward), and the inscription "POSUIT 1879." The roof includes radiating tie beams with a pendant at the crossing.
Local climate
Public Shelter About 8 Metres South of Numbers 1 and 3 Neasham Hill receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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