25, Old Elvet is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
25, Old Elvet
- WRENN ID
- plain-mantel-snow
- 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
- 25, Old Elvet, City of Durham, DH1 3HY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 279 422
- Coordinates
- 54.77439, -1.56723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 25 Old Elvet is a house from the mid to late 18th century that has undergone some alterations. It features incised stucco with a plinth and a Welsh slate roof, which has rendered brick copings and a chimney. The building has three storeys and three bays, arranged irregularly. The entrance consists of a five-panel door set in a hollow-chamfered surround, topped with a swell frieze and a stone cornice hood supported by modern iron brackets. The outer bays are canted and two storeys high, with stair windows located at intermediate levels to the left of the door. All the windows are sashes, with some dating from the early 19th century, although they lack glazing bars. The chimney is located at the right end, and there are gable copings on kneelers, along with two wide dormers from the 20th century. A boot scraper recess is situated by the door.
Inside, the house is reported to have two staircases: one is an open-string staircase that is dog-legged, featuring a ramped handrail supported by column and vase balusters; the second staircase, located at the rear, incorporates reused parts from the lower flight of the main stair.
The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
25, Old Elvet 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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