The Farne House and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. House, cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Farne House and Attached Cottage

WRENN ID
calm-rampart-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1986
Type
House, cottage
Address
The Farne House and Attached Cottage, Marygate, Holy Island, TD15 2SJ
OS grid reference
NU 126 420
Coordinates
55.67135, -1.80032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Farne House and attached cottage is a building from the early to mid-19th century located on the north side of Marygate in Holy Island. It is constructed of random rubble whinstone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with raised alternating quoins.

The house is two storeys high and has three bays. The central door consists of two long panels with an overlight set in a raised surround. There are 12-pane sash windows in similar surrounds on either side of the door. The gabled roof has flat coping and rebuilt end stacks.

To the right of the house is a single-storey cottage that has a 6-panelled door, a plank door to the right, and a 12-pane sash window to the left.

Local climate

The Farne House and Attached Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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