The Close is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Villa. 4 related planning applications.
The Close
- WRENN ID
- odd-chapel-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Close, Durham Road, Brancepeth, DH7 8DQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 222 380
- Coordinates
- 54.73668, -1.65658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close is a late 19th-century villa situated on the north side of Durham Road in Brancepeth. It is constructed of squared sandstone in narrow courses, with ashlar dressings. The roof is slate, covered with ashlar chimney stacks. The villa is two storeys high, with a three-bay design, the central bay projecting and gabled. Flush quoins are present. The central doorway has been replaced, set within a moulded, shouldered surround, with a matching overlight. Stone-mullioned windows, with sashes, are double-chamfered. A single-light window is positioned above the doorway. The outer bays feature three-light windows on the ground floor, and two-light windows above, incorporated within gabled half-dormers. The steeply-pitched roof has overhanging eaves and verges with plain bargeboards. Corniced end stacks are also present. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Close receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- 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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