Southern House at Nether House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. House.
Southern House at Nether House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-joist-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Southern House at Nether House, West Allen
- OS grid reference
- NY 773 503
- Coordinates
- 54.84721, -2.35389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southern House at Nether House is an 18th-century house that was extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed of squared rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and is divided into two sections, with the main section having two bays. The central entrance consists of a boarded door with large stone dressings. To the right of the door, there is a small fixed window with six panes and a similar window above it, both set in chamfered surrounds with large dressings. To the left, there are 16-pane sash windows. The extension on the right side includes a 12-pane sash window on the ground floor and a shortened 9-pane sash window above. The right gable has a coped top with a rebuilt brick stack, while the left gable features a stone stack. There is also an outshut at the rear of the house.
Local climate
Southern House at Nether House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 53 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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