Dorothy Foster's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1952. House.
Dorothy Foster's House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-casement-harvest
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dorothy Foster's House, 35, Narrowgate, Alnwick
- OS grid reference
- NU 185 135
- Coordinates
- 55.41517, -1.709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorothy Foster's House, also known as the old Red House, is an early 18th-century brick building located on Narrowgate. It features stone raised and chamfered quoins, moulded architraves and cills, and a modillion cornice. The stone doorpiece has a pulvinated frieze and a modillion cornice above it. On the parapet, there are two stone vases. The house has two storeys and an attic, with four late-glazed sash windows. The slate roof is topped with three tall double chimneys, one of which retains its moulded stone capping. Behind the parapet, there are two gabled dormers with two-light casements. The central doorway leads to a through passage to Dorothy Foster Court and features an eight-panel door. Additionally, there is a lead rainwater pipe head with the initials 'T.F.' and stone voussoirs above the rear door.
Local climate
Dorothy Foster's House 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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