136, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. House. 3 related planning applications.
136, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- sunken-belfry-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 136, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1QQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 285 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77856, -1.55836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The property at 136 Gilesgate is an early 19th-century house. It is constructed of English garden wall bond brick in a pattern of three bricks wide, with ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The house has two storeys and three bays. The central entrance features a four-panelled door with a fanlight containing glazing bars, set within an arched surround with chamfered alternate-block jambs and voussoirs; rusticated voussoirs are present. The windows are late 19th-century sashes with chamfered projecting stone sills. The low-pitched roof has end chimneys.
Local climate
136, Gilesgate 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- 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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