2, Whitewell Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. House. 10 related planning applications.
2, Whitewell Lane
- WRENN ID
- broken-groin-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett MP: Liz Twist (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Whitewell Lane, NE40 3PG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 153 646
- Coordinates
- 54.97609, -1.7613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Whitewell Lane is a house dated 1669, marked with "RSK" on the quoin at the left. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with large irregular quoins and features a low-pitched roof made of Welsh slate with flat gable coping. The building has two storeys and three bays. The central door is set within a deeply-chamfered projecting stone surround that has a flattened Tudor arch and a low pointed top. All the windows are sash style with glazing bars, featuring flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills, with a narrower window located above the door. There are two brick chimneys at the ends of the house.
Inside, the property includes a staircase with fat turned balusters and a wide flat handrail, leading to a closed-string stair. Some windows have shutters. The main room features a large stone chimney-piece with a moulded three-centred arch, which has scroll-stopped chamfers and is inscribed with "16 RSK82". Historically, Robert Surtees, the great-grandfather of the historian of Durham, occupied this house in the 17th century.
Local climate
2, Whitewell Lane receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 10 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- The Grove (Church Army Home for the Elderly)
- Barn, Stables, Shelters, Implement Shed and Pig Sties to South of Town Farmhouse
- Town Farmhouse and Farm Buildings Attached
- Stack Yard Wall to South of Town Farm Building
- White House
- Village Cross
- Cross House
- Ryton War Memorial
- Gate Piers to East of Ryton Rectory
- 4, Barmoor Lane