Merci Beaucoup and No 2 Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1969. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Merci Beaucoup and No 2 Cottage

WRENN ID
errant-foundation-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1969
Type
Cottage
Address
Merci Beaucoup and No 2 Cottage, Heddon-On-The-Wall, NE15 0EZ
OS grid reference
NZ 125 667
Coordinates
54.99561, -1.80523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merci Beaucoup and No. 2 Cottage are two cottages built in 1815. They are constructed of ashlar stone and have a Welsh slate roof. Each cottage is single storey and consists of three bays. The cottages feature boarded doors topped with open pediments that rest on curved stone brackets. The pediment of the cottage on the left is inscribed with "MERCI BEAUCOUP," while the one on the right is inscribed with "1815." Both cottages have three-light casement windows and a gabled roof that includes four tall ridge and end stacks.

Local climate

Merci Beaucoup and No 2 Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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