Akeld Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Farm cottage. 1 related planning application.

Akeld Cottages

WRENN ID
strange-vault-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland National Park
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1986
Type
Farm cottage
Address
Akeld Cottages, 1-9, NE71 6TA
OS grid reference
NT 956 296
Coordinates
55.56077, -2.07068
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Akeld Cottages, built around 1892, are farm cottages constructed of random rubble with tooled-and-margined ashlar dressings. They feature a Welsh slate roof and brick chimneys. The cottages are arranged in four single-storey ranges surrounding a central courtyard. The north range has a carriage entry in the center, with six bays to the left and five bays to the right. The east and west ranges each have six bays, while the south range has eleven bays. Most doors are boarded, except for one late 20th-century door, and they have overlights. The cottages also feature 12-pane sash windows set in alternating-block surrounds. The north range has a gabled roof, while the south range has a hipped roof, and many of the cottages have square corniced ridge stacks.

Local climate

Akeld Cottages receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 — 2 transactions since 2019
  • 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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