Fernery to North East of Conservatory is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Fernery.

Fernery to North East of Conservatory

WRENN ID
south-quartz-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Fernery
Address
Fernery to North East of Conservatory, Cragside Lodge, Rothbury
OS grid reference
NU 069 021
Coordinates
55.31325, -1.89154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fernery, located to the northeast of the conservatory at Cragside Lodge, dates from the third quarter of the 19th century and was built for Lord Armstrong. The exterior walls are rendered, while the interior features unshaped gritstone boulders. The building has a rectangular shape on the outside, but internally it consists of two irregular enclosures with grottoes at the corners and archways between them and at the eastern end. Originally, the fernery was covered by a hinged glazed roof, which was part of a larger glasshouse complex.

Local climate

Fernery to North East of Conservatory receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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