126, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
126, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- peeling-wall-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 126, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1QG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 285 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77882, -1.55761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 126 Gilesgate is a house that dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with brick dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with a brick chimney. The building has two storeys and three bays. The central entrance consists of a flushed door, and the windows are sash types with glazing bars, all topped with flat brick arches. There is a ridge chimney, and the roof is hipped on the left side, facing the south side of Gilesgate. This property also incorporates the former No. 125.
Local climate
126, Gilesgate 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 — 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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