The Leaping Salmon is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1952. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Leaping Salmon
- WRENN ID
- cold-transept-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Leaping Salmon, 8, Golden Square, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 1BG
- OS grid reference
- NT 996 529
- Coordinates
- 55.76984, -2.00658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leaping Salmon is a public house located at No 8 Golden Square, originally built in 1798 as an elementary school for boys who would later attend the Grammar School for further education. The building is constructed of stucco and features a stone cornice and quoins, along with scroll kneelers. The front elevation facing Bank Hill includes an inscribed datestone and four 24-paned sash windows on each of its two floors. The rear wing, which is in an L shape, has five sash windows on each floor that overlook the Presbyterian Church. The gable end facing Golden Square has two sash windows on each floor, plus an additional small sash window above a boarded door.
Local climate
The Leaping Salmon receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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