St Chad's is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. House, college. 2 related planning applications.

St Chad's

WRENN ID
heavy-niche-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
House, college
Address
St Chad's, 21, North Bailey, City of Durham, DH1 3EW
OS grid reference
NZ 274 420
Coordinates
54.77292, -1.5749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St. Chad's is a house that has been converted into a college, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of English bond brick with a painted ashlar plinth and dressings, and the roof is not visible. The building has three storeys and features two windows. On the left side, there is a six-panel door set in a raised surround with a cornice. The windows have flat brick arches and projecting stone sills, with the single ground floor window consisting of 16 panes, all fitted with glazing bars. At the top, there is a stone-coped parapet. A rendered rear wing with a gable can be seen behind the front range. The right end has a banded brick chimney. There is a fluted and moulded rainwater head on the right, supported by lugs that hold the drain. The rear gable displays floor bands and tumbled-in brickwork. Inside, there is a close-string dog-leg staircase with a flat handrail supported by barley-sugar balusters and rectangular newels.

Local climate

St Chad's 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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