George Stephenson's Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. House. 1 related planning application.
George Stephenson's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- deep-glass-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- George Stephenson's Cottage, Riverside Walk, Wylam, NE41 8BP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 125 649
- Coordinates
- 54.97929, -1.80474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
George Stephenson's Cottage is an 18th-century house constructed of random rubble that is partly rendered. It features a pantile roof above a stone slate roof. The front has a central plank door, with 12-pane Yorkshire sash windows on either side and a small 6-pane window above the door. At the rear, there is a continuous outshut that has 20th-century windows. The roof is steeply pitched and gabled, edged with stone slates, and has thin raised coping along with two rebuilt brick stacks at the ends. A plaque on the front wall commemorates the birth of George Stephenson on June 9th, 1781. This property is managed by the National Trust.
Local climate
George Stephenson's 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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