Durham Prison C Wing is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Prison.

Durham Prison C Wing

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Prison
Address
Durham Prison C Wing, Old Elvet, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 278 421
Coordinates
54.77337, -1.56897
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Durham Prison C Wing is a prison accommodation block dated 1850, likely designed by Bonomi and Cory. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and a stock brick ventilation stack. The south elevation consists of four storeys and eleven bays. The small barred windows have chamfered stone surrounds, with most having cambered heads, while some are square-headed and paired in the left bay on the three lower floors. The left return gable includes three tripartite stair windows in raised stone surrounds, with a tall central window that has a segmental-headed date panel in the lintel and a keyed Venetian top window. The block kneelers are supported on moulded brackets.

Local climate

Durham Prison C Wing 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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