Castle Terrace Wall Castle Wall Behind Nos 7-18 Consecutive is a Grade I listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Castle wall.

Castle Terrace Wall Castle Wall Behind Nos 7-18 Consecutive

WRENN ID
white-threshold-violet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
Castle wall
Address
Castle Terrace Wall Castle Wall Behind Nos 7-18 Consecutive, Silver Street, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 273 424
Coordinates
54.7758, -1.57617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Castle Terrace Wall, located behind Nos. 7-18 on Moatside Lane, is a Grade I listed structure. This medieval castle wall has a later 18th-century upper section. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone and brick, featuring ashlar dressings. The stone lower part supports the terrace, while the brick parapet is adorned with flat pilasters and a low rounded stone coping.

Local climate

Castle Terrace Wall Castle Wall Behind Nos 7-18 Consecutive 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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