Houses Occupied by Mr Wilkinson and Mr Sparks is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. House.
Houses Occupied by Mr Wilkinson and Mr Sparks
- WRENN ID
- twisted-tallow-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Houses Occupied by Mr Wilkinson and Mr Sparks, the Dairygrounds, Alnwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 182 139
- Coordinates
- 55.4195, -1.71311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These houses, occupied by Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Sparks, date from the early 19th century and were originally the Duchess School. They feature a symmetrical arrangement of windows with a configuration of 2+2+3 across two storeys. The buildings are constructed of ashlar stone and the south block is slightly taller and set at an angle. The roofs are slate with raised verges, and there are one brick chimney and two rendered chimneys. The south block has late glazed sash windows, while the other windows have glazing bars. The northern house, occupied by Mr. Wilkinson, includes a glazed and gabled porch, while the southern house, occupied by Mr. Sparks, has a blocked door to the west and is accessed from the south.
Local climate
Houses Occupied by Mr Wilkinson and Mr Sparks 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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