52 and 52a, Galgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Shop and flat. 3 related planning applications.
52 and 52a, Galgate
- WRENN ID
- swift-garret-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Shop and flat
- Address
- 52 and 52a, Galgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8BH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 050 167
- Coordinates
- 54.54597, -1.9227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 52 and 52A on Galgate is a shop and flat built around 1870. The building features thin courses of rock-faced stone and a roof made of thin stone slates, complete with stone ridges and chimneys. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has a single-window range.
On the ground floor, there is a full-width modillioned entablature supported by slender round pilasters. To the left, the shop front includes stone stall-risers and a stone step leading to a central recessed partly-glazed panelled door with an overlight. To the right, there is a four-panel house door with its own overlight.
The first floor has a central canted bay that rests on the shop entablature and features sash windows set in segmental-headed frames, topped by a cornice that supports a hipped roof. The roof also includes a gabled dormer with shaped and pierced bargeboards and a spike finial, along with two-pane casement windows. A chimney with coping is located at the left end. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
52 and 52a, Galgate receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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