St Chad's College is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. A C18 College. 1 related planning application.
St Chad's College
- WRENN ID
- wild-rampart-mallow
- 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
- College
- Address
- St Chad's College, 16, North Bailey, City of Durham, DH1 3RH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 421
- Coordinates
- 54.77342, -1.57468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Chad's College is a house that has been converted into a college, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The building features incised stucco with a painted ashlar plinth and dressings, topped with a Welsh slate roof and a brick chimney. It stands three storeys high and has four bays. The third bay includes a half-glazed door with a renewed wood architrave and hood. The windows are sash style, complete with glazing bars and projecting stone sills. There is also a boot-scraper recess next to the door.
Local climate
St Chad's College 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
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- 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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