Walled Garden and Garden Cottages North of Belsay Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Garden.

Walled Garden and Garden Cottages North of Belsay Hall

WRENN ID
gentle-window-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
NZ 088 785
Coordinates
55.10106, -1.86293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walled garden and garden cottages north of Belsay Hall are an early 19th-century structure designed by Sir Charles Monck. The garden features dressed stone that is partly lined in brick, topped with Lakeland slate roofs, and is divided into two sections.

On the east side, the vegetable garden is enclosed by walls approximately 15 feet high on the north and east sides, with lower walls on the other two sides. The walls display a pattern of flat pilasters and closely spaced gabled crenellations. There is a segment-headed carriage entry with panelled double doors on the east side. In the north-west corner, there is a cottage with an irregular plan, primarily single storey, but with a two-storey, one-bay section in the centre. This cottage features a six-panel door and various windows, including six-pane sashes and 15-pane casements. The single-storey sections have gabled roofs, while the two-storey part has a shallow pyramidal roof, complemented by tall square corniced stacks.

To the west, there is additional walling in a similar style, extending approximately 150 yards. This walling is interrupted near the centre by a later 19th-century two-storey, three-bay cottage, which includes a panelled door, sash windows, and a gabled roof. This cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Walled Garden and Garden Cottages North 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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