17 and 18, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1952. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
17 and 18, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- worn-gutter-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 17 and 18, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 212 301
- Coordinates
- 54.66581, -1.67194
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
17 and 18 Market Place are two estate cottages located in Bishop Auckland, dating from the early 18th century, with some 20th-century alterations. The buildings are finished in painted render with painted ashlar dressings and feature a French tile roof. They are designed with a 1:2 storey height and have 2:3 window arrangements.
No. 18, which was originally a stable, is situated on the left and has a central 20th-century door along with three 20th-century windows. It features eaves gutter brackets and a gabled dormer that rises from the eaves on the left, adorned with decorated bargeboards. The roof has a rendered chimney at the left end, and the rear elevation includes a full-height carriage arch that has been blocked.
No. 17 is located on the right and has a central six-panel door, with the upper panels being glazed, set within a painted ashlar surround that includes an architrave with a pulvinated frieze and cornice. This cottage has 20th-century casement windows, with three-light windows on the ground floor and two-light windows above, all in plain reveals. The roof features rendered chimneys at the ends. These cottages are included for their group value.
Local climate
17 and 18, Market Place receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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