Former Chapel At North West Corner Of Garden To Number 7 Former Chapel In Outer Ward Of The Castle, With Wall Attached

BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0416SE THE SCAR 770-1/5/205 (South side (off)) 22/03/73 Former chapel in outer ward of the Castle, with wall attached (Formerly Listed as: The Castle - whole of medieval remains of walling and earthworks)

GV II

Byre incorporating fragments of Chapel of St Margaret, with wall and bee boles attached and wall running south behind gardens of houses on west side of The Bank. Byre probably early-mid C19; medieval fragments C12-C13. Garden walls probably C17/C18, inserted into Castle Outer Ward to form house gardens. Square plan, set against corner of garden belonging to No.7, The Bank (qv); byre lies due west of No.6, Market Place (qv). Rubble with ashlar dressings; roof of pantiles with stone ridge and stone slates at eaves; wall attached is coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. EXTERIOR: north elevation of byre has wood lintels to boarded Dutch door at left, window at right with hit-and-miss wood vents below 3 panes, under gable. Blind right return to Outer Bailey; stone lintel over blocked central door on left return. South elevation to garden shows blocked door at right with left block jambs, disturbed masonry at right and above, and rubble at left with flat stone lintel and well-cut block jambs to blocked opening; coursed squared masonry in gable peak. INTERIOR: limewash obscuring much detail; south wall has fragment approx 0.8m high of round pier with moulded plinth of C13 character, with blocked rectangular light above and to left, and taller blocked light to right. Wall attached to south is approx 3m high and has thin wood lintel over boarded door to right of byre, with block jambs. Thin stone sill to 2 lancets at left with stone slate shelf, missing from right, and chamfered heads; left head made from one stone, right head of two stones, resting on block jambs and mullion. Wall continues north-south along gardens to join Castle Wall. Irregular coping. (English Heritage handbooks: Austin D: Barnard Castle, Durham: London: -1988: 16).

Listing NGR: NZ0493816336