Christchurch Durham hall and offices is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Christchurch Durham hall and offices
- WRENN ID
- sunken-timber-dust
- 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
- Church
- Address
- Christchurch Durham hall and offices, Claypath, City of Durham, DH1 1RH
- OS grid reference
- NZ 275 427
- Coordinates
- 54.7785, -1.57296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christchurch Durham hall and offices is a Presbyterian church, later used by Independent and Congregational congregations, built in 1751. The building is constructed of dark red brick with a sandstone plinth and rendered ashlar dressings, topped with a concrete tile roof. It is two storeys high with two bays, and includes a small one-storey porch at the left leading to a basement. Wide steps lead to a renewed central doorway, flanked by round-headed sash windows with glazing bars set within round brick arches, featuring projecting stone sills. Smaller windows of the same design are located above. A small rectangular perforated iron ventilator is in the gable peak. The left return side showcases three large round-headed windows similar to those on the front.
The interior contains ground floor offices and a vestry with fielded panelling. The entrance hall has beaded panelling, and the front stair features a turned newel with an urn-shaped finial, a grip handrail, and fat square balusters on the first flight. A rear spiral staircase, made by the St. Pancras Ironwork Co. of London, is constructed of Gothic-style cast iron. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Christchurch Durham hall and offices 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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