Usworth Hall Washington Development Corporation Headquarters is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1949. A C18 House.
Usworth Hall Washington Development Corporation Headquarters
- WRENN ID
- first-ember-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South MP: Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Usworth Hall Washington Development Corporation Headquarters, Stephenson Road
- OS grid reference
- NZ 313 587
- Coordinates
- 54.9228, -1.51207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Usworth Hall, located in Washington, is a late 18th-century house originally built for Bernard Shaw. Constructed of sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, the building has a U-shaped plan and stands two storeys high with five windows. The south elevation features a central double door with five panels set in an open Tuscan porch that has a fluted frieze. There are decorative bands, an eaves cornice, and an open pediment above the central three windows. The sash windows have plain reveals and lack glazing bars, while a round window is situated in the pediment. The hipped roof is topped with two transverse yellow brick chimneys. Inside, the staircase has been altered, but the dado remains, and two arched openings have been created in the wall between the hall and the principal room.
Local climate
Usworth Hall Washington Development Corporation Headquarters 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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