The Grey Horse Public House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Grey Horse Public House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-buttress-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Grey Horse Public House, 2, Byerley Road, Shildon, DL4 1JQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 224 263
- Coordinates
- 54.63213, -1.65431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grey Horse Public House is a circa 1835 public house located on the west side of Byerley Road, Shildon. Constructed of dressed sandstone with a Welsh slate roof and grey brick chimneys, it is a symmetrical two-storey, three-bay building. The façade features raised-and-chamfered quoins. The ground floor has a late 20th-century central door, a replaced two-pane sash window to the left, and an early 20th-century glazed shop front to the right. Above, three six-pane sash windows are set within flush stone surrounds and have segmental-headed upper lights. The roof is punctuated by two end chimneys and a later axial stack rising near the eaves at the right end.
Historically, the public house, formerly known as the Surtees Arms, belonged to Daniel Adamson, a local mine-owner, publican, and rail-coach pioneer. It is listed at group value for its historical significance.
Local climate
The Grey Horse Public House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 3 transactions since 2017
- 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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