69, Claypath is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Mechanics' institute, saleroom. 6 related planning applications.
69, Claypath
- WRENN ID
- narrow-chalk-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Mechanics' institute, saleroom
- Address
- 69, Claypath, City of Durham, DH1 1QT
- OS grid reference
- NZ 276 426
- Coordinates
- 54.77844, -1.57112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 69 Claypath is a Mechanics' Institute, now used as a saleroom, built in 1841 by Ignatius Bonomi and J.A. Cory. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. It stands two storeys high and has three bays that are defined by pilasters with flat rustications on the first floor. The ground floor is completely rusticated except for the cellar plinth. There is a panelled double door with an overlight in the right bay, flanked by boot-scraper niches in the plinth, although the scrapers are missing. The building has sash windows with glazing bars set in plain reveals, a breaking band on the ground floor, and an architrave at the top entablature. It also features a first-floor sill band and a prominent eaves cornice, along with stone gable copings and gable end chimneys.
Inside, the main first-floor hall includes a moulded egg-and-dart cornice, moulded cases around the ceiling beams supported by triglyph bracketed pilasters, ornamented roses, and a small gallery at the street end.
Local climate
69, Claypath receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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