196, Gilesgate is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. House.
196, Gilesgate
- WRENN ID
- white-paling-moth
- 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
- 196, Gilesgate, City of Durham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 279 427
- Coordinates
- 54.77847, -1.56689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 196 is a house located on the south side of Gilesgate, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features incised stucco and a Welsh slate roof with a brick chimney. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. On the left side, there is a recessed four-panelled door with an overlight, set within a panelled surround. The windows have wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills, with glazing bars on the first-floor sashes. The low-pitched roof includes a chimney at the right end and paired gutter brackets.
Local climate
196, 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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