Pigsty, Forge and Garden Wall Approx 10 Yards North of Belsay Hall Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Pigsty, forge, garden wall. 3 related planning applications.

Pigsty, Forge and Garden Wall Approx 10 Yards North of Belsay Hall Stables

WRENN ID
last-pediment-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Pigsty, forge, garden wall
Address
Pigsty, Forge and Garden Wall Approx 10 Yards North of Belsay Hall Stables, NE20 0DX
OS grid reference
NZ 088 784
Coordinates
55.10044, -1.86247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pigsty, forge, and garden wall located approximately 10 yards north of Belsay Hall Stables date from the early 19th century and are constructed of ashlar. On the left side, there are two pigsties integrated into the wall, featuring low square doorways and a mono-pitch roof at the rear. In front of the pigsties, the exercise yards are adorned with arched coping.

The wall itself is about 30 yards long and 8 feet high, topped with flat coping. There is a boarded door located in the center of the wall.

To the right, the forge has a segmental-arched entry with boarded double doors. It also features a mono-pitch roof at the rear and a small square chimney stack with a cornice.

Local climate

Pigsty, Forge and Garden Wall Approx 10 Yards North of Belsay Hall Stables receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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