North Farm and Adjacent Stable and Coachhouse, Railings and Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. House, farm buildings.

North Farm and Adjacent Stable and Coachhouse, Railings and Gate

WRENN ID
night-barrel-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
House, farm buildings
Address
North Farm and Adjacent Stable and Coachhouse, Railings and Gate, Front Street
OS grid reference
NZ 338 515
Coordinates
54.85746, -1.47481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

North Farm and the adjacent stable and coachhouse, along with the railings and gate, are located in Houghton-le-Spring and date from the mid-18th century. The house is constructed of coursed squared limestone, while the outbuildings are made of rubble, all topped with Welsh slate roofs and surrounded by cast-iron railings.

The house is two storeys high with three windows. It features a central four-panelled door set in a Tuscan doorcase, complete with a corniced canopy. All windows have projecting sills and flat lintels, although they have been replaced with modern casements. The roof has two end chimneys and slightly swept eaves. Inside, the staircase includes two plain square balusters per tread, with a dado and handrail that has a rounded section. The interior also features three-panelled doors within architraves and a Gothick iron chimney piece on the first floor.

The stable-coachhouse contains two loose boxes with a loft above and a garage. The street-facing elevation has one blank bay and two high oblong openings, which feature hit-and-miss lower shuttering and fixed upper shuttering. A low wall and railings enclose the area in front of both the house and the outbuildings.

Local climate

North Farm and Adjacent Stable and Coachhouse, Railings and Gate 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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