Morley Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Morley Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
inner-bastion-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
House
Address
Morley Hill Farmhouse, A686, Plenmeller with Whitfield, NE47 8HW
OS grid reference
NY 766 546
Coordinates
54.88606, -2.36553
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Morley Hill Farmhouse is a house built in the early 19th century, with a rear wing added around 1860. It is constructed of squared stone featuring tooled and margined dressings, topped with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and three symmetrical bays. The central entrance has an altered six-panel door with a six-pane overlight and alternating jambs. There are 16-pane sash windows on either side. The ends of the house feature stepped and corniced stacks.

Local climate

Morley Hill Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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