Loreto Guest House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Loreto Guest House
- WRENN ID
- watchful-beam-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Loreto Guest House, Ryecroft Way, Wooler, NE71 6BW
- OS grid reference
- NT 989 282
- Coordinates
- 55.54792, -2.01826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loreto Guest House, previously a presbytery for St. Ninian’s Roman Catholic church, dates from the late 18th century. The front of the building is constructed of ashlar, while the rear is roughcast with ashlar dressings. It has a Welsh slate roof. The house is two storeys plus a basement, with three storeys to the rear.
The main front block consists of three bays by two, with two wings projecting to the rear to create a U-shaped plan. Raised quoins are visible. A flight of steps with flanking railings leads to a six-panelled front door flanked by side lights and surmounted by a broad, elliptical fanlight incorporating Adam-style tracery. A projecting, pedimented bay sits in the centre of the facade. The windows are 12-pane sash windows. A moulded cornice runs along the top of the building. The roof is hipped and features two ridge stacks. The rear of the building contains tripartite windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Loreto Guest House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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