Disused Furnace 40 Metres South East of Furnace Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Furnace chamber.

Disused Furnace 40 Metres South East of Furnace Cottage

WRENN ID
silver-fireplace-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Furnace chamber
OS grid reference
NY 858 445
Coordinates
54.79579, -2.22206
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The disused furnace, located 40 metres south-east of Furnace Cottage, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of squared rubble and features a stone wall with a square-headed doorway that leads into a barrel-vaulted chamber built into the hillside. This furnace was used to draw air up from an adjacent mineshaft, which is now capped. A semicircular embayment in the roadside wall likely marks the location of the mineshaft head, and the furnace played a role in improving air circulation in the lead workings below.

Local climate

Disused Furnace 40 Metres South East of Furnace Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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