Rotunda at Haggerston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1969. Rotunda.
Rotunda at Haggerston Castle
- WRENN ID
- grey-railing-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1969
- Type
- Rotunda
- Address
- Rotunda at Haggerston Castle, Ancroft
- OS grid reference
- NU 041 436
- Coordinates
- 55.68649, -1.935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rotunda at Haggerston Castle is a Grade II listed structure that, along with the Tower, is part of the remains of a house rebuilt between 1893 and 1897 by architect R. Norman Shaw for Thomas Leyland. The rest of the house was demolished in 1933. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, and its roof is not visible. It is designed in the Baroque style and consists of one tall storey. The entrance features a pedimented doorway with a Gibbs surround and a pulvinated frieze. There are large nine-pane fixed windows with projecting moulded sills and prominent triple keystones. Above each window, there is an oculus set within an architrave. Bold pilasters with banded rustication are positioned between each bay.
The interior is also faced in ashlar and exhibits rustication throughout. Attached giant Tuscan columns support segmental arches that have coffered soffits, and the ceiling is shallowly domed.
Local climate
Rotunda at Haggerston Castle receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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