Co-Operative Stores is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1985. Commercial.
Co-Operative Stores
- WRENN ID
- little-window-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1985
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Co-Operative Stores, Front Street, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NY 998 390
- Coordinates
- 54.74635, -2.00363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Co-operative Stores, built in 1908 for the Wear Valley Co-operative Society, is a notable example of early 20th-century commercial architecture. Constructed from sandstone ashlar and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, it features a Welsh slate roof adorned with red ridge tiles and terra-cotta finials. The building stands three storeys high and consists of two wide bays.
The entrance is recessed and framed by narrow pilasters at the center of each bay. Flanking shop windows are also framed by rusticated pilasters that support a continuous cornice. The first-floor shop lights, which have colored top panes, are similarly framed by pilasters that support an entablature with a dentilled cornice. The outer pilasters feature fan-moulded semi-circular pediments.
On the top floor, there is a central oriel supported by a bracket, inscribed with "LABOUR AND WAIT," flanked by sash windows beneath shaped gables. These gables include incised panels marked "AD" and "1908." The moulded gable copings rest on corniced blocks topped with ball finials. The half-hipped roof is finished with tall fleur-de-lys finials. This building is included in the register for its historic interest.
Local climate
Co-Operative Stores sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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