The Cross House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1975. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.

The Cross House

WRENN ID
stark-alcove-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1975
Type
House
Address
The Cross House, 5, Dodds Lane, Alnwick, NE66 1AD
OS grid reference
NU 186 131
Coordinates
55.41217, -1.70749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cross House is a two-storey, three-window building on its south side and a one-window building on its north side, dating from the mid-19th century, before 1851. The south front is constructed of ashlar, featuring a first-floor sill course and eaves course. A central doorway provides access. A throughpassage, cobbled and paved, connects the north and south sides of Dodd's Lane on the east side of the building. The north front is of rubble construction. The windows are glazing bar sash windows. The roof is slate, with raised verges.

Local climate

The Cross House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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