The Old Manse and Adjacent House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Manse, house. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Manse and Adjacent House
- WRENN ID
- sharp-spire-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- Manse, house
- Address
- The Old Manse and Adjacent House, Thirston, NE65 9EF
- OS grid reference
- NU 185 002
- Coordinates
- 55.29587, -1.70911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 19th-century building was originally a Presbyterian manse, with an adjacent house. The manse is constructed of squared stone, while the adjacent house is of rubble construction. The manse has a 20th-century hardrow tile roof, and the adjacent house has a slate roof.
The north front of the manse is two storeys high with three bays, featuring a tall basement plinth and 12-pane sash windows. Brick end stacks are present. The adjacent house to the right has two storeys and two bays, also with a tall basement plinth. The first floor retains 12-pane sashes, although the lower windows have been altered. A coped right-hand gable is visible, along with a stone stack.
The rear elevation of the manse has a wing on the left return, featuring a 12-pane Yorkshire sash window, and a coped gable with a brick stack. A former chapel, now divided into numbers 1 and 2 Bell View, stands adjacent to the east. The building is included in the listing for its group value alongside Bell View.
Local climate
The Old Manse and Adjacent House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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