Ha-Ha South of Benton House is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Ha-ha.

Ha-Ha South of Benton House

WRENN ID
north-zinc-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North MP: Catherine McKinnell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Ha-ha
Address
Ha-Ha South of Benton House, Hoylake Avenue
OS grid reference
NZ 272 684
Coordinates
55.00955, -1.57539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ha-ha south of Benton House is a late 18th-century feature. It consists of a sandstone rubble wall topped with flat stone coping. The wall has an ashlar right return and includes four stone steps on the right.

Local climate

Ha-Ha South of Benton 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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