87, 87a and 87b, Elvet Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Houses, shops, offices. 2 related planning applications.

87, 87a and 87b, Elvet Bridge

WRENN ID
brooding-window-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Houses, shops, offices
Address
87, 87a and 87b, Elvet Bridge, City of Durham, DH1 3AG
OS grid reference
NZ 276 423
Coordinates
54.77563, -1.57244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 87, 87A, and 87B on Elvet Bridge are two to three houses that have been converted into shops and offices. They date from the late 18th century, with late 19th-century shopfronts added. The buildings are constructed of painted brick and feature a roof covered with large Welsh slates, along with a rendered chimney. They stand two storeys tall with four bays facing Elvet Bridge and an additional storey and attic with one wide bay on the left side, which faces New Elvet.

The shops are designed in a Jacobean style, characterized by pilasters and a bracketed fascia topped with a prominent cornice. The doors in the first and third bays have panelled windows, while the other bays feature top lights above the shop windows. The gabled left return rises from the main front, creating a distinctive curve.

Local climate

87, 87a and 87b, Elvet Bridge 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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