Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Church. 5 related planning applications.
Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- noble-glass-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland National Park
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church, A 68, Rochester, NE19 1TD
- OS grid reference
- NY 827 981
- Coordinates
- 55.27751, -2.27247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church, formerly a Scottish Presbyterian church, was built in 1826. It is constructed from ashlar stone with a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical design of three bays by three bays. The central entrance features a pair of boarded doors with an overlight set in chamfered reveals. Above the door is a panel inscribed "BIRDHOPE CRAIG SCOTCH CHURCH 1826". Later 20th-century windows are set within the original, chamfered openings designed to a domestic scale. The eaves project and are supported by close-set, rounded corbels. The roof is hipped. The side returns also feature similar detailing. Inside, a gallery with a panelled parapet runs around three sides of the room, supported by square, corniced columns. A contemporary, panelled pulpit is centrally located.
Local climate
Birdhopecraig United Reformed Church receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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