56, Claypath 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.

56, Claypath

WRENN ID
eternal-rotunda-tide
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
56, Claypath, City of Durham, DH1 1QS
OS grid reference
NZ 277 427
Coordinates
54.77869, -1.57033
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 56 Claypath is a house dating from the early 19th century. It features incised stucco with a painted ashlar plinth and ashlar dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof and a brick chimney. The building stands three storeys high and has two bays. On the left side, there is a four-panelled door with an overlight, set in a plain wood surround with a hood. The sashes above the door have glazing bars, while those in the right bay have late 19th-century glazing, all supported by projecting stone sills. The low-pitched roof includes a chimney at one end.

Local climate

56, Claypath 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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