Low Engine Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Low Engine Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shifting-lead-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Low Engine Cottage, Halfway House Cottages, Acomb, NE46 4RL
- OS grid reference
- NY 931 672
- Coordinates
- 54.99956, -2.10921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Engine Cottage is a building that was originally a miners' shop and is now a house. It likely dates from the late 18th century and has been enlarged in the 19th century and again in the later 20th century. The structure is built of rubble and features a Welsh slate roof with brick stacks.
The south elevation has two storeys and consists of two bays. There is a central doorway that is set within a 20th-century glazed porch, flanked by renewed 12-pane sash windows. Above, there are 12-pane and 16-pane sash windows, with the latter situated under a renewed lintel. The gable is coped and has end stacks. The 20th-century additions to the right and rear are not of interest.
The cottage is included in the heritage register for its historic significance.
Local climate
Low Engine Cottage 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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