140 and 141, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
140 and 141, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- buried-transept-woodpecker
- 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
- Houses
- Address
- 140 and 141, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1QQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 284 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77855, -1.55878
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of early 19th-century houses located on the south side of Gilesgate, Durham. The houses are constructed of Flemish bond brick, with painted ashlar dressings, and have a Welsh slate roof. They are two storeys high with three windows. The central entrance features a pair of six-panelled doors with overlights containing glazing bars, each set beneath a wedge stone lintel. The sash windows have glazing bars and projecting stone sills, and are also topped with wedge stone lintels. End ridge chimneys mark the roofline.
Local climate
140 and 141, 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 2010
- 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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