2, Bailiffgate is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1952. A Georgian School. 5 related planning applications.
2, Bailiffgate
- WRENN ID
- roaming-hammer-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1952
- Type
- School
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- 2, Bailiffgate, Alnwick, NE66 1LZ
- OS grid reference
- NU 185 135
- Coordinates
- 55.41591, -1.70811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Bailiffgate, known as the Duchess's Girls School and formerly Derwentwater House, is a building reputedly constructed in 1797. It stands three storeys tall with a basement and features five windows. The exterior is made of plain ashlar, with a ground floor plat band, cornice, and parapet. The windows are glazing bar sash types. The central doorway is flanked by sidelights and topped with a relieving arch. The six-panel door has the top two panels raised and fielded, with a patterned rectangular light above and brackets supporting the lintel. There is a curved doorstep leading to the entrance.
On the east elevation, there are three bays with a plat band and cornice that returns; the central bay projects forward and includes a pediment within the parapet. The rear of the building also has three bays, featuring tripartite windows with relieving arches on the first and ground floors, as well as Venetian windows with pointed glazing in the centre light on the first and second floors. Inside, the building boasts fine carved Adam style chimney pieces.
Local climate
2, Bailiffgate receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 5 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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