Hallstile Cottages Henry King Memorial Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1976. Almshouses.
Hallstile Cottages Henry King Memorial Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- brooding-slate-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1976
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Hallstile Cottages Henry King Memorial Almshouses, Hall Stile Bank, Hexham
- OS grid reference
- NY 937 642
- Coordinates
- 54.97246, -2.099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hallstile Cottages, also known as Henry King Memorial Almshouses, date back to around 1391. Originally five cottages, they have been converted into three. The building has an 'L' plan, with No 1's east end being more prominent, while Nos 2 and 3 face south. It is a single-storey structure with slate roofs and is constructed from dressed coursed rubble with ashlar quoins.
No 1 features a central porch with a coped gable and kneelers, leading to a doorway with a four-centred arch and moulded jambs. Above the door is a label containing two blank escutcheons. Flanking the porch are two light casement windows. On the south side, there is a two-light transomed window with a pediment, above which is a tablet in a moulded frame that reads "In Memoriam Henry King qui obiit 1891". The gables are coped, and the slate roof has ball finials.
Nos 2 and 3 have central doorways with four-centred arches and labels above containing blank escutcheons. These doorways are flanked by four-light bays with half-timbered gables and glazing bar casements, featuring two-leaf panelled doors.
The Henry King Almshouses are part of a group of buildings.
Local climate
Hallstile Cottages Henry King Memorial Almshouses 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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