Wall, Arbour and Base of Tower Attached to South of Whitton Grange is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Wall, arbour, tower.

Wall, Arbour and Base of Tower Attached to South of Whitton Grange

WRENN ID
weathered-grate-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1987
Type
Wall, arbour, tower
OS grid reference
NU 057 011
Coordinates
55.30437, -1.91051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure consists of a wall, gateway, arbour, and the remains of a tower house, located to the south of Whitton Grange. It dates from the medieval period and was altered in 1921 by Robert Mauchlen, using re-used old stone.

On the left, there is a wall approximately 9 feet high featuring a round-headed doorway with a boarded door and flat coping. To the right, a similar wall contains an arbour designed as a segmental recess, which has a re-used chamfered lintel inscribed with "S E 1706," supported by shaped brackets.

At the rear, the lower part of one wall of the tower house is visible, characterized by very thick walls. The lower courses of the basement vault can be seen. Additionally, built into the 1921 wall, there is a 14th-century piscina with a trefoiled head and a petalled drain.

Local climate

Wall, Arbour and Base of Tower Attached to South of Whitton Grange receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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