20 and 20a, South Street is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.

20 and 20a, South Street

WRENN ID
scarred-tin-marsh
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
20 and 20a, South Street, City of Durham, DH1 4QP
OS grid reference
NZ 271 423
Coordinates
54.77501, -1.57944
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 20 and 20A on South Street is a late 18th-century house that has been divided into two residences, incorporating an earlier building. The exterior features painted render with a brick rear wing, and the roofs are made of pantiles and Welsh slate, topped with brick chimneys. The building has an irregular plan and consists of two storeys with four bays, along with a low one-storey, two-bay extension on the left.

The main entrance is through a six-panelled door located in the third bay, which is set in a wide architrave and has an overlight. This door is flanked by short fluted pilasters and a moulded cornice. A similar door is found in the second bay. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, feature projecting stone sills, and there is a blank space above the door in the third bay.

The left extension includes garage doors and a horizontal sliding sash window positioned at the eaves. The gable of the rear wing rises above the roof and has a small sash window in a wide box under a header course lintel, with 20th-century bargeboards. The tall end brick chimneys were raised in the 20th century.

Local climate

20 and 20a, South Street 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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