The Craster Arms is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1969. Inn. 1 related planning application.
The Craster Arms
- WRENN ID
- open-rood-bramble
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1969
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Craster Arms, Beadnell, NE67 5AX
- OS grid reference
- NU 229 292
- Coordinates
- 55.5566, -1.63818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Craster Arms is an inn that dates back to the medieval period and the 18th century. It features an ashlar facade with random rubble at the rear and is topped with a Welsh slate roof. The front block, constructed in the 18th century, is three storeys high and has two bays with sash windows. Above the first-floor windows, there is a large, well-carved, painted stone coat of arms belonging to the Craster family, adorned with long stone foliage trails. The building has a gabled roof with flat coping, kneelers, and an end stack. On the right return, there is a carved King's head above a window, and a doorway is also located on this side.
At the rear, there is a two-storey tower that now serves as a lean-to against the front block, with massive walls approximately 9 feet thick. A single slit window remains on the right return, and there is an 18th-century round-headed window on the left return. Inside, the inn features a pointed tunnel-vaulted basement that is divided by an old cross wall and includes a stone newel stair. There is a later lean-to on the right return and a lower wing at the rear, which is not of special interest.
Local climate
The Craster Arms receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2011
- 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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