52 and 53, South Street is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
52 and 53, South Street
- WRENN ID
- north-latch-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 52 and 53, South Street, City of Durham, DH1 4QP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 270 422
- Coordinates
- 54.77448, -1.58029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 52 and 53 on South Street are two cottages built in the early 19th century. They are made of English bond brick with painted ashlar dressings and have a Welsh slate roof, with a plinth on the right side due to the slope of the ground. Each cottage has two storeys and two bays.
No. 52 features an elaborately-panelled door on the right, while No. 53 has a six-panelled door on the left, both located in the two central bays. These doors are topped with overlights that have glazing bars and are set beneath thick moulded stone hoods. The windows are fitted with wedge stone lintels and have projecting stone sills, with sashes that include glazing bars.
The roof of No. 52 is low-pitched and has a bargeboarded dormer with renewed glazing and slate-hung cheeks. In contrast, No. 53 has a steeper roof with two square-headed dormers, also featuring slate-hung cheeks. The central ridge chimney on No. 52 has square yellow pots, while No. 53 has a right ridge chimney with round yellow pots.
Local climate
52 and 53, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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