Akenside House is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Office. 7 related planning applications.
Akenside House
- WRENN ID
- blind-tallow-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Akenside House, 5, Akenside Hill, NE1 3XP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 251 639
- Coordinates
- 54.9694, -1.60805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Akenside House is a Grade II listed office building dated 1902, located on Akenside Hill in Newcastle upon Tyne. The ground floor is finished in polished dark granite, while the upper sections are constructed from sandstone ashlar. The building features a dark slate roof topped with a copper dome and rises to five storeys with attics.
The design includes deeply projecting eaves cornices, with the end bays showcasing rusticated pilasters and shallow canted bay windows that extend three storeys. The central five bays form a shallow bow, and the first floor is horizontally rusticated, featuring a carved date panel above the centre window. The second floor has pediments over three central windows, each adorned with elaborate keystones. Between the third and fourth floors, there are two cartouches surrounded by wreaths, fasces, swags, and other decorative elements. The prominent eaves cornice above the central five bays is flanked by oeuil-de-boeuf windows, each with cornices above and consoles on either side. The mansard roof is topped with a central octagonal lantern, which also has a copper dome.
Local climate
Akenside House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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