Number 18, Area Railings and Dwarf Wall in Front is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Number 18, Area Railings and Dwarf Wall in Front

WRENN ID
young-shingle-wren
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
Address
Number 18, Area Railings and Dwarf Wall in Front, Nesham Place, DH5 8AG
OS grid reference
NZ 345 499
Coordinates
54.84277, -1.46356
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 18 is a house from the mid-18th century, built of coursed squared limestone with a roof made of Welsh slate. The building has two storeys and features a wooden bay window with sash windows. There is a six-panelled door located to the left, which is topped by an oblong fanlight and set within a flat Tuscan doorcase. A brick chimney is located at one end of the house. The area railings and dwarf wall in front are included as part of the property's group value.

Local climate

Number 18, Area Railings and Dwarf Wall in Front receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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