Wall with Outbuildings Behind, Linking the Hermitage and Stable Block is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1988. Wall with outbuildings.

Wall with Outbuildings Behind, Linking the Hermitage and Stable Block

WRENN ID
buried-span-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1988
Type
Wall with outbuildings
Address
Wall with Outbuildings Behind, Linking the Hermitage and Stable Block, Acomb
OS grid reference
NY 936 651
Coordinates
54.98117, -2.10129
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a wall with outbuildings that connects the Hermitage and the stable block, dating from the 18th century with some alterations made in the 19th century. The structure is built from coursed roughly-squared stone and features dressings, topped with a Lakeland slate roof.

On the south side, which faces the drive, there is a tall wall that has four shallow buttresses and a flat coping. To the far right, there is a doorway in a raised chamfered surround, along with several small windows. A stepped and corniced stack is located on the top of the wall to the right.

The north side features a range of pent outbuildings divided into four sections. From left to right, there is a laundry that has a two-panel door with the inscription 'D DAVIS 1785 HERMITAGE' in a chamfered block surround, flanked by 12-pane sash windows in raised moulded surrounds. Next is a boot hall with a boarded door in a chamfered block surround, accompanied by old six-pane casements with tooled sills and lintels. Following that is a cartshed with two chamfered segmental arches and a small window above, and finally, there are privies with two similar smaller arches and a part-slatted loft window.

This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Wall with Outbuildings Behind, Linking the Hermitage and Stable Block 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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