The Custom House is a Grade I listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1971. A C18 Custom house. 1 related planning application.
The Custom House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1971
- Type
- Custom house
- Address
- The Custom House, 18, Quay Walls, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 1HB
- OS grid reference
- NT 998 526
- Coordinates
- 55.76697, -2.00346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Custom House is an 18th-century building designed in the Adam style, located at 18 Quay Walls. It is two storeys high and features five bays constructed of ashlar stone. The building has a fine doorway with a round-headed traceried fanlight, Tuscan fluted pilasters, and side lights of Venetian type. Above the entrance, there are five renewed sash windows. The interior is said to be impressive, showcasing Adam-style mantelpieces, a staircase, a mahogany dome, a marble pavement, and some stucco ceilings. The listed buildings along Quay Walls are recognized as a group due to their significance as the river frontage of Berwick.
Local climate
The Custom House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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