Sir Walter's Privy in East Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Privy house.

Sir Walter's Privy in East Wood

WRENN ID
rusted-string-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Privy house
Address
Sir Walter's Privy in East Wood, Wallington Demesne
OS grid reference
NZ 030 845
Coordinates
55.15514, -1.95355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sir Walter's Privy in East Wood is a privy house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick with a tooled ashlar west front and features a slate roof. The building has a doorway with a quadrant-moulded surround and a moulded eaves cornice. The roof is pyramidal and topped with a moulded stone finial.

Local climate

Sir Walter's Privy in East Wood receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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