Hepple Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1953. A Medieval Tower. 2 related planning applications.
Hepple Tower
- WRENN ID
- steep-brick-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1953
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Hepple Tower, B6341, NE65 7LQ
- OS grid reference
- NT 986 006
- Coordinates
- 55.29997, -2.02268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hepple Tower is a 14th-century tower made of squared stone, now in a ruined state. The south wall remains standing to about 40 feet, although the eastern side has collapsed. The lower part of the stair projection, which was originally centered on the south wall, is also in ruins. The west side of the tower stands to approximately 40 feet, featuring a ground floor doorway that was originally a window. The first-floor window has a stump of a mullion and holes for iron bars. The rear (north) side also stands to around 40 feet, but the eastern side has collapsed, as has the entire east wall.
Inside, the walls are about 8 feet thick, and most of the tunnel vault remains intact. Corbels below the vault once supported a loft. The west window features a round-headed, broadly-splayed rere arch, with a chamfered string course above the inside of the window.
Local climate
Hepple Tower 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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