211, Gilesgate 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.
211, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- gilded-plinth-flax
- 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
- 211, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1QN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 278 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77853, -1.56837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 211 Gilesgate is a house built in the mid-18th century. It features Flemish bond brickwork with painted ashlar dressings, a rendered plinth, and a painted slate roof. The building has three storeys and three bays. To the right of the central bay, there is a six-panelled door set in an architrave with a hood supported by stone brackets and a panelled soffit. The windows have header course lintels and projecting stone sills, with sashes that include glazing bars, particularly those in the centre of the staircase at the lower level. There is an end brick chimney and a wrought iron grille on the left side leading to the cellar chute.
Local climate
211, Gilesgate 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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