78, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.

78, Gilesgate

WRENN ID
lunar-cloister-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1987
Type
House
Address
78, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1HY
OS grid reference
NZ 283 427
Coordinates
54.77869, -1.56089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 18th-century house, with alterations made since. The exterior is faced with incised stucco and has ashlar dressings. The roof is slate, with one chimney rendered and one of brick. The house is arranged in an L-shape and has two storeys and two windows at the front. A renewed door is located to the right of the second bay, and a moulded stone yard entry is at the right end. The windows are renewed 16-pane sashes. A rear wing contains a first-floor sash window with broad glazing bars. Inside, a two-panelled door has moulded stiles, and a plain corniced chimney piece is in the rear room.

Local climate

78, 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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