The Kennels 500 Metres North of Beaufront Woodhead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Kennels.
The Kennels 500 Metres North of Beaufront Woodhead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- half-fireplace-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1952
- Type
- Kennels
- OS grid reference
- NY 960 668
- Coordinates
- 54.99579, -2.06325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kennels, located 500 metres north of Beaufront Woodhead Farmhouse, is a building comprising kennels and an attached cottage, dating from the early 19th century and constructed in two phases. It features coursed squared rubble with tooled-and-margined quoins and dressings, while the yard walls are made of brick and include cast iron gates and railings. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and the building is arranged in an L-plan.
The south elevation is a single storey with three bays, showcasing large two-light mullioned windows that have 24-pane part-opening casements set in chamfered surrounds. The hipped roof has two stepped and banded ridge stacks. The left return, facing the road, includes a rear outshut from a later west range, which has two boarded doors and windows, including two 9-pane casements, all in chamfered surrounds. The rear elevation of the west range features twin attached yards with railings at the front, as well as piers with pyramidal caps flanking the gates at the right end.
Notably, the actual kennels are a later addition to this structure, which, based on its large south windows, may have originally been intended as a schoolroom or hall.
Local climate
The Kennels 500 Metres North of Beaufront Woodhead Farmhouse receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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