Animal Shelter Circa 300 Yards South of Haggerston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. Animal shelter.
Animal Shelter Circa 300 Yards South of Haggerston Castle
- WRENN ID
- spare-postern-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1988
- Type
- Animal shelter
- OS grid reference
- NU 043 432
- Coordinates
- 55.68299, -1.93281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This animal shelter, located approximately 300 yards south of Haggerston Castle, was likely used as an antelope shelter for the private zoo of Thomas Leyland. It dates from the late 19th century and features a timber frame with vertical boarding and a Welsh slate roof. The building is a single-storey structure with four bays. The second bay includes a round-arched entrance with a five-barred gate. There are three two-light windows, each with segmental heads, located under dormers that have bargeboards. The roof is gabled and adorned with ornamental cresting.
Local climate
Animal Shelter Circa 300 Yards South of Haggerston Castle receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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