Curtain House and Adjacent Barn to West is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Bastle house, barn. 4 related planning applications.
Curtain House and Adjacent Barn to West
- WRENN ID
- fallen-rubble-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Bastle house, barn
- Address
- Curtain House and Adjacent Barn to West, Allendale, NE47 9QJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 828 576
- Coordinates
- 54.91308, -2.26982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Curtain House and the adjacent barn to the west are a bastle house dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. The barn is likely from the 19th century as well. The buildings are constructed from rubble, which is massive in parts, and feature heavy, roughly-shaped quoins along with later stone dressings. Both the house and barn have stone slate roofs, and there is a stone stack on the right gable of the house.
The house is two storeys high and has two bays. It features a boarded door surrounded by large blocks, with a shield-shaped block above that is likely a former datestone. To the right of the door is a late 19th-century sash window with alternating jambs, and a similar window above it has a chamfered sill that has been re-used from an earlier opening. There is also a small window to the left. The barn to the left has a cart entrance with alternating jambs and a timber lintel, as well as slit vents. At the rear, there is an outshut that dates from the 18th or early 19th century.
Inside, the house mainly displays 19th-century features, including a small barred window that now opens into the outshut. There are also two principal-rafter roof trusses with collars that may date from the late 17th century or 18th century. A later cottage to the right is not of special interest.
Local climate
Curtain House and Adjacent Barn to West sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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