The Ropery, Now the Argyle Cafe is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1991. Cafe. 1 related planning application.
The Ropery, Now the Argyle Cafe
- WRENN ID
- leaning-hammer-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1991
- Type
- Cafe
- Address
- The Ropery, Now the Argyle Cafe, Argyle Terrace, Hexham, NE46 1QB
- OS grid reference
- NY 938 638
- Coordinates
- 54.9695, -2.09826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ropery, now known as The Argyle Cafe, is a former ropery dating from around 1800. The building is constructed of coursed rubble, with some areas rendered, and features a corrugated asbestos roof. It has a single brick lateral stack and is a single storey structure that extends over 70 meters in length.
The east front, which faces the street, includes a 20th-century shop front with a recessed, half-glazed doorway on the right and a plate glass shop window on the left. The south front, which faces the Cattle Market, is partly rendered and has ten deeply sunk windows. The north front, which faces an alley, features a pair of double plank doors followed by two single plank doors.
Local climate
The Ropery, Now the Argyle Cafe receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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