Fox and Hounds Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Inn. 1 related planning application.

Fox and Hounds Inn

WRENN ID
grim-grate-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Inn
Address
Fox and Hounds Inn, A68, Sandhoe, NE45 5QD
OS grid reference
NY 987 676
Coordinates
55.0035, -2.02162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fox and Hounds Inn is an 18th-century inn that was heightened and extended in the early 19th century, with further extensions made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble with cut dressings and features a stone slate roof, except for the south bay and south-east wing, which have Welsh slates. The building stands two storeys tall and has four bays, with raised quoins.

The original three-bay section on the right includes a central half-glazed door set in a raised alternating-block surround, along with 12-pane sash windows, although the lower panes have been altered for rotary vents. There is a Victorian wall post-box on the far right. The left bay, added in the early 19th century, also has 12-pane sash windows. The left end stack has been rebuilt, while the right end stack is stepped and corniced.

The 20th-century south-west wing is not considered of special interest. The inn has historical connections to the ancient Stagshaw Bank Cattle Fair, which was previously held on the moorland immediately to the west.

Local climate

Fox and Hounds Inn receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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