16, Barrington Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1983. Office. 7 related planning applications.
16, Barrington Street
- WRENN ID
- sombre-portal-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1983
- Type
- Office
- Address
- 16, Barrington Street, NE33 1AN
- OS grid reference
- NZ 362 670
- Coordinates
- 54.99701, -1.43529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
16 Barrington Street is a building constructed in 1882, designed by architect J H Morton, with an addition made in 1904 also by Morton. It was built for the South Shields Poor Law Union shortly after the opening of their new workhouse, which Morton also designed.
The building features red brick and a hipped slate roof, with a modillion eaves cornice. It stands two storeys tall with attics, displaying five bays on Barrington Street and three bays on Nelson Street. The design is in the revived English domestic style, with bays marked by brick pilasters and windows that include transoms and mullions. The entrance has a semi-circular hood, framed by an Ionic doorcase with a straight entablature. The spandrels above the entrance are decorated and bear the date 1882. An oriel window is situated above the entrance. The building has three large dormers, each with hipped slate roofs and four casements. There is a continuous cill band at the ground and first floor windows.
The extension on Nelson Street is three storeys high with five bays, reflecting the style of the original building. Its elevation features an overall stepped gable, with a cartouche inscribed "Union Office" and dated 1904 set in the apex.
Local climate
16, Barrington Street receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 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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