Boatacres is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Cottage.

Boatacres

WRENN ID
knotted-mantel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Boatacres, Acomb
OS grid reference
NY 937 649
Coordinates
54.97922, -2.09985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Boatacres is a mid-19th century ferryman's cottage located in Acomb. The building is constructed from rough-faced stone with rock-faced dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. It has one storey plus attics and consists of two bays. The cottage is adorned with 12-pane sash windows set in raised alternating-block surrounds, and it has a central raking dormer that also contains a 12-pane Yorkshire sash window. The roof is very steeply pitched and includes stepped-and-banded end stacks. On the right side, there is a boarded door and a 6-pane casement window beneath a timber lintel, along with a 6-pane attic casement window in a raised stone surround. The interior has not been seen but may feature cruck roof trusses. This Victorian cottage is designed in a deliberate vernacular style for a picturesque effect.

Local climate

Boatacres receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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