Roman Turret Opposite Number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall) with Section of Hadrian's Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. A Roman Turret. 2 related planning applications.

Roman Turret Opposite Number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall) with Section of Hadrian's Wall

WRENN ID
stark-timber-jay
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1971
Type
Turret
Period
Roman
Address
Roman Turret Opposite Number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall) with Section of Hadrian's Wall, West Road, NE5 2BJ
OS grid reference
NZ 198 655
Coordinates
54.98416, -1.69126
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman turret opposite number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall), dates from around 122 A.D. It is built from sandstone and is a square turret incorporated into the Roman Wall. The turret features a doorway on the south side and stands up to six courses high. Inside, there is an internal platform located in the south-east corner. The wall it is attached to is of the 'broad wall' type. This structure is recognized as a scheduled ancient monument and is documented in E.B. Birley's work on the excavations of Hadrian's Wall west of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Local climate

Roman Turret Opposite Number 800, Bishops House (Denton Hall) with Section of Hadrian's Wall receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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