Powder House in Field 150 Metres South of Sipton Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Powder house.

Powder House in Field 150 Metres South of Sipton Terrace

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Powder house
OS grid reference
NY 847 497
Coordinates
54.84269, -2.23892
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Powder House, located in a field 150 metres south of Sipton Terrace, is a 19th-century building associated with a lead mine. It is constructed from squared stone and features a stone slate roof. The structure is small and square with a gabled roof, and it is divided by an internal stone wall into two unequal compartments. There is a door in each gable, and the larger northern compartment includes simple board panelling.

Local climate

Powder House in Field 150 Metres South of Sipton Terrace sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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