Compensation Arch and Basin at Catcleugh Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Arch and basin.
Compensation Arch and Basin at Catcleugh Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- strange-steel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Arch and basin
- Address
- Compensation Arch and Basin at Catcleugh Reservoir, Rochester
- OS grid reference
- NT 749 030
- Coordinates
- 55.32051, -2.39682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Compensation Arch and Basin at Catcleugh Reservoir is a structure built in 1899 by T. & C. Hawksley for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. It features a rock-faced stone design and carries the River Rede at the base of Catcleugh Dam. The arch has a round tunnel entry approximately 15 feet in diameter, flanked by pilasters and set within a pedimented screen wall that includes a very large datestone. The side walls of the basin step down to a low front wall with curved corners and square piers topped with pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Compensation Arch and Basin at Catcleugh Reservoir receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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