Prospect House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. House. 3 related planning applications.
Prospect House
- WRENN ID
- old-niche-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Prospect House, Bankhead, Hexham, NE46 1XD
- OS grid reference
- NY 936 641
- Coordinates
- 54.97154, -2.10005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Prospect House, built in 1888 by Oliver Sheeson, is a two-story building with a projecting gable end on the left. It has one bay and three windows, constructed from brick with distinctive Dutch shaped gable ends. Ashlar bays with crenellations are positioned on either side of a quoined doorcase. The windows have raised stone dressings and are late-glazed sashes. A glazed door is centrally located, with a rectangular window above. A hexagonal chimney shaft with a spike cap sits to the left of the gable. The gable end features a two-story, four-light mullion window with casements, incorporating a floor spacer carved with blank escutcheons and moulded reveals. A two-light mullioned casement window is located in the attic, and another on the ground floor to the right, both also with moulded reveals.
The interiors are characterized by ornate strapwork and reproduction ceiling friezes, and a staircase in the 17th-century style.
The southern wing of Prospect House includes Nos 1 and 10 Hallgate, dating back to the early 19th century and built of brick, with a hipped roof to the east. A noteworthy lodge is situated at the west end of No 1; it is constructed from rubble with ashlar quoins and features a crow-stepped gable above a two-story, two-light shallow bow.
Prospect House now serves as the District Council Offices and is entered from the west, near a semi-circular Council Room.
Local climate
Prospect 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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