Cascade at East End of Belsay Lake, Approx 270 Yards South of Belsay Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Landscape feature.

Cascade at East End of Belsay Lake, Approx 270 Yards South of Belsay Hall

WRENN ID
quiet-landing-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Landscape feature
OS grid reference
NZ 088 781
Coordinates
55.09766, -1.86279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cascade at the east end of Belsay Lake, located approximately 270 yards south of Belsay Hall, was built in the early 19th century for Sir Charles Monck. It is constructed from dressed stone and stands about 10 feet high, featuring a steeply-pitched curved facade. Below the cascade, there is a stone-paved invert to the stream bed, along with low stone approach walls and flanking walls.

Local climate

Cascade at East End of Belsay Lake, Approx 270 Yards South of Belsay Hall 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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