Premises of Greggs, Billy Bell and Water Willson is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Terraced shops.

Premises of Greggs, Billy Bell and Water Willson

WRENN ID
stark-entrance-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1987
Type
Terraced shops
Address
Premises of Greggs, Billy Bell and Water Willson, Main Street, Haltwhistle
OS grid reference
NY 707 640
Coordinates
54.9706, -2.45898
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises of Gregg's, Billy Bell, and Walter Willson is a mid-19th century terrace featuring three shops on the ground floor with flats and storage above. It is constructed from squared stone and topped with a green slate roof, which includes a rebuilt brick chimney stack. The building has three storeys and six bays, with flush quoins. The early 20th-century tiled and glazed shop front for Billy Bell, the fishmonger, is flanked by late 20th-century glazed shop fronts. A boarded door in the early 20th-century frontage leads to a cross-passage that provides access to the rear yard. The upper floors feature 16-pane sash windows, replaced casements, and two blocked windows set in raised surrounds. A fire insurance mark from the Newcastle Insurance Company is centrally located on the first floor. The low-pitched roof has coped gables and a chimney stack at the right end. This building is included for its group value, although the 20th-century wing at the right rear is not of special interest.

Local climate

Premises of Greggs, Billy Bell and Water Willson 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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