Staward Pele is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Tower house.

Staward Pele

WRENN ID
other-oriel-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1952
Type
Tower house
Address
Staward Pele, Haydon
OS grid reference
NY 799 607
Coordinates
54.94141, -2.31435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Staward Pele is a tower house, possibly dating from the 14th century. It is constructed of large squared stone and consists of the remains of three walls forming a rectangular structure approximately 20 metres by 10 metres. The external wall faces feature a stepped plinth and rise to a height of 5 metres. There are no surviving openings in the walls. The site is dramatically situated on a wooded promontory, high above where the Allen River meets the Harsondale Burn.

Local climate

Staward Pele 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 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% 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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