Willimontswick Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1967. Manor house.

Willimontswick Farmhouse

WRENN ID
small-footing-jay
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1967
Type
Manor house
Address
Willimontswick Farmhouse, Bardon Mill
OS grid reference
NY 770 635
Coordinates
54.96634, -2.35978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Willimontswick Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed manor house dating from the 16th century, likely incorporating earlier elements, and was largely rebuilt around 1900. It features coursed rubble with stone dressings and slate roofs. The building has a double-ended hall-house plan, with narrow towers at the ends of its wings. The hall block and west wing were rebuilt in a neo-Tudor style around 1900, while the original north and south doors to the screens passage have been retained. The front (north) door features an elliptical arch under a square head with a partly renewed hoodmould, while the rear (south) door has more elaborate mouldings and carved foliage in the spandrels. The east range retains its narrow rectangular end towers, each with remnants of a corbelled parapet. The east front of this range has four altered sash windows on the first floor, along with traces of older blocked openings.

Inside, there is a moulded doorway, a newel stair, and a garderobe in the tower, although these details were not seen. The original layout included a central block flanked by four slender towers, similar to the arrangement at Farnhill House in North Yorkshire, and likely inspired by the grander design at Langley Castle. The foundations of the west wing towers were uncovered in the early 20th century during the construction of a tennis court.

Local climate

Willimontswick Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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