The Netty or Privy at High Close A Burn is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2001. Earth closet, privy.

The Netty or Privy at High Close A Burn

WRENN ID
gentle-mortar-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland National Park
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 2001
Type
Earth closet, privy
Address
The Netty or Privy at High Close A Burn, Melkridge
OS grid reference
NY 720 679
Coordinates
55.00494, -2.43868
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The netty or privy at High Close A Burn is an earth closet built in 1784 for F Crook. It is constructed from coursed local rubble stone with ashlar dressings and features a stone slate roof. This single-storey, rectangular structure has ashlar quoins and a single pitched roof. The east entrance side includes a single doorway topped with a large stone lintel. One of the quoins bears the inscription "F Crook, 1784".

Local climate

The Netty or Privy at High Close A Burn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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