197 and 198, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
197 and 198, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- pale-sandstone-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
- Houses
- Address
- 197 and 198, Gilesgate, City of Durham, DH1 1QN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 279 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77848, -1.56706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, built in the late 18th century. The houses are faced with incised stucco and have painted ashlar dressings, a Welsh slate roof, and brick chimneys. Number 197 has a four-panelled door with a fanlight in a raised arched surround in its second bay. Number 198 has a six-panelled door and overlight in a plain wooden surround in its fourth bay. The windows are mostly plain sash windows, with wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills. There are two ridge chimneys.
Local climate
197 and 198, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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