St Chad's is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A C18 House, college. 3 related planning applications.
St Chad's
- WRENN ID
- stranded-corner-crimson
- 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, 17, North Bailey, City of Durham, DH1 3RH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 421
- Coordinates
- 54.77331, -1.57472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Chad's is a house that has been converted into a college. It features a late 18th-century front on an earlier 18th-century building. The exterior is made of incised stucco with a painted plinth and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The structure has three storeys and three bays. The half-glazed door in the first bay is framed by a stone architrave and hood, while sash windows with glazing bars and projecting stone sills are present throughout. There is also a boot-scraper beside the door.
Inside, there is an open-string dog-leg staircase with a grip handrail supported by alternating plain and fluted balusters that feature vases. The handrail is ramped with a half-wreath and half-curtail, and there is a Doric newel at the foot of the staircase. The interior also includes a ramped panelled dado.
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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