Dorothy Foster Court is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Court, house. 3 related planning applications.

Dorothy Foster Court

WRENN ID
upper-roof-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1977
Type
Court, house
Address
Dorothy Foster Court, Narrowgate, Alnwick, NE66 1NL
OS grid reference
NU 185 135
Coordinates
55.41524, -1.7092
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dorothy Foster Court is a two-storey building located at the rear of number 35 Narrowgate. It was refronted in the early 19th century. The building has five windows on the ground floor and two gabled dormers, along with four other windows, on the first floor. It is constructed of ashlar. The windows are mostly two-light mullioned casements, with hoodmoulds over those on the ground floor. A round-headed doorway is situated on the right-hand side. Shields bearing the Forster Arms (depicting hunting horns with the inscription 'Redde Diem') are displayed on the courtyard walls in two locations.

Local climate

Dorothy Foster Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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