6a, The College is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
6a, The College
- WRENN ID
- gentle-bronze-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6a, The College, City of Durham, DH1 3EQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 273 419
- Coordinates
- 54.77202, -1.57643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
6A The College is a house with medieval origins that has undergone alterations in the 18th century. It is built from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with a new brick chimney. The building stands three storeys high and has three windows. To the right of the first bay, there is a six-panel door with a four-pane overlight, while to the left is a plain boarded door with a two-pane overlight. A sash window with glazing bars is located to the right of the door, and there is a lintel band at the ground floor. The upper floors have sashes with glazing bars, most of which have been renewed, and these windows feature flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. The low parapet has flat stone coping, and there is a clasping buttress with one offset on the left side.
Inside, there is a reused staircase from Abbey Cottage on Dun Cow Lane, dating to around 1670. The treads and risers are new, as are the newel caps and some other components. The staircase has a high grip handrail and thick twisted balusters. The newels, pulvinated string, and handrail friezes are decorated with rinceau patterns that include some figures and ribbon bands.
Local climate
6a, The College 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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