Fort House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. A Modern House. 1 related planning application.

Fort House

WRENN ID
lone-marble-honey
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth MP: Emma Foody (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
House
Period
Modern
Address
Fort House, A193, Seaton Valley, NE26 4RL
OS grid reference
NZ 342 759
Coordinates
55.07644, -1.46558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fort House is a house incorporating a concrete control tower built around 1917. The tower has a battered, octagonal shape with small windows below a slightly overhanging parapet. It originally served as the rangefinder tower for Robert's Battery, part of the Tyne Turrets, which was located approximately 250 metres to the north-north-east. Robert's Battery was constructed in 1917 and dismantled in 1924. The building is listed for its historical interest, specifically related to its role in the Tyne Turret defences; the later 20th-century additions forming the bulk of the house are not considered to be of special interest.

Local climate

Fort House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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