West Unthank Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.

West Unthank Farmhouse

WRENN ID
grey-hammer-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
House
Address
West Unthank Farmhouse, Plenmeller with Whitfield, NE49 0HX
OS grid reference
NY 726 632
Coordinates
54.96332, -2.42903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West Unthank Farmhouse is an early 19th-century house. The front is made of squared stone, while the rear is constructed from rubble, featuring tooled and margined dressings and a slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, arranged symmetrically. It includes 16-pane sash windows set in moulded boxes with slightly projecting sills. The gables are coped and have angular kneelers, with stone stacks at the ends. The rear elevation features a flush-panelled door and similar window designs.

Local climate

West Unthank Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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