39 and 41, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House, shop.
39 and 41, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- plain-stronghold-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- 39 and 41, Market Place, Barnard Castle
- OS grid reference
- NZ 050 164
- Coordinates
- 54.54345, -1.92346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 and 41 Market Place is a house that has been converted into two shops. It dates from the late 18th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed from thin courses of irregular squared stone, featuring painted ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a stone slate roof with stone gable coping and chimneys.
The structure has three storeys and a five-window range. The paired doors are located in the third bay, set within a doorcase that has tall Tuscan half columns with raised capitals supporting a plain fascia. The left door is a six-panel door with an overlight, while the right opening has been blocked by glazing. Both shop fronts feature late 20th-century glazing and high plain fascias. The left side has plain sashes, while the centre and right sides have sashes with glazing bars, with the upper windows being smaller.
The prominent eaves gutter adds to the building's character. The low-pitched roof has gable copings that rest on moulded kneelers, with chimneys located at the ends and between the second and third bays; the right chimney has been truncated. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
39 and 41, Market Place receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- No related consent applications matched
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