The Cave is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. House.
The Cave
- WRENN ID
- tenth-slate-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cave, Allendale
- OS grid reference
- NY 834 559
- Coordinates
- 54.89839, -2.25968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cave is a house dated 1838, featuring the initials 'C.B.' on the front door lintel. The building has an ashlar front with rubble sides and rear, topped by a slate roof and corniced stone gable stacks. It is two storeys high and has three bays, creating a symmetrical appearance. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with an overlight, framed by a raised surround and cornice, and is sheltered by a later glazed porch. The windows are 16-pane sashes with slightly projecting sills. To the right, there is a lower block that is slightly set back, which has one bay and features a 20th-century ground floor window and a renewed sash window above. It is said that this house was built as the residence for the mine manager.
Local climate
The Cave 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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