7-9, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 4 related planning applications.

7-9, The Square

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1969
Type
House
Address
7-9, The Square, Blanchland, DH8 9SR
OS grid reference
NY 965 503
Coordinates
54.8476, -2.05455
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

7-9 The Square is a terrace of houses dating from the mid-18th century, likely incorporating some earlier materials. The rear outshut of No. 9 is from the late 18th century, while the rear wing of No. 8 was added in 1862, as indicated by a dated lintel. The buildings are constructed of rubble, with squared stone lower courses for Nos. 7 and 8, and feature cut quoins and dressings. They have stone slate roofs and are two storeys high with five irregular bays.

The doors are vertical-panelled, located between bays 1 and 2 (No. 9), in bay 3 (No. 8), and in bay 5 (No. 7), with the door of No. 9 having a 2-pane overlight. The windows include 20th-century casements in the old openings of bays 1 and 2, 12-pane sashes on the first floor in bays 3 and 4, and other late 19th-century 4-pane sashes. There are fragments of medieval window heads built into the wall flanking the windows. The left end of the terrace features two ridge stacks, one of which has been heightened in brick.

Inside No. 9, there is a plain late 18th-century fireplace and four-panel doors.

Local climate

7-9, The Square sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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