The 'Tannery', to South East of High Shield House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. Former tannery. 3 related planning applications.
The 'Tannery', to South East of High Shield House
- WRENN ID
- silver-slate-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1976
- Type
- Former tannery
- Address
- The 'Tannery', to South East of High Shield House, Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, NE46 1RT
- OS grid reference
- NY 935 629
- Coordinates
- 54.96113, -2.10294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 'Tannery', located to the south-east of High Shield House, dates to circa 1770. While built by William Bell, a leather merchant in Hexham, it was likely used for processing Fuller’s Earth rather than tanning. The building is two storeys high, originally with five or six bays, and is currently undergoing conversion. It is constructed of rubble with quoins and wooden lintels. The original roof covering of pantiles remains on the south-west section. There is significant brick patching to the rubble walls, with tumbled brick detailing in the verges. A single-storey lean-to with a Westmoreland slate roof extends to the north, and a single-storey hipped extension is present to the south-west.
Local climate
The 'Tannery', to South East of High Shield House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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