Turntable Mechanism 20 Metres West of the King's Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. Mechanism.

Turntable Mechanism 20 Metres West of the King's Arms Hotel

WRENN ID
lost-eave-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
Mechanism
OS grid reference
NZ 337 767
Coordinates
55.08434, -1.47222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The turntable mechanism located 20 metres west of the King's Arms Hotel is a structure from the 18th century or early 19th century, made of cast iron. It features a circular plate with a central rotating platform on a pivot, which was originally used to monitor the passage of vessels through the cut and to collect tolls. The cut itself was constructed between 1761 and 1764, with the last coal shipment occurring in 1861. This mechanism is listed for its historical interest.

Local climate

Turntable Mechanism 20 Metres West of the King's Arms Hotel receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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