Downhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1977. Farmhouse.

Downhill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
under-vault-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Tyneside
Constituency
Jarrow and Gateshead East MP: Kate Osborne (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1977
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Downhill Farmhouse, Downhill Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 347 604
Coordinates
54.93751, -1.45893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downhill Farmhouse is a house and hind's cottage that have been combined into one dwelling. The building is rendered and features a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys and consists of four bays. The house is located on the east side and has a central door framed by an architrave, along with three sash windows. The cottage, situated on the west side, has one bay and includes sash windows, with the ground floor window being wider than the others. The roof is topped with flat stone coping and has end brick chimneys, as well as a chimney positioned between the house and the cottage.

Local climate

Downhill Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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