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22 and 23, Market Place

A Grade II Listed Building in Durham, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.777 / 54°46'37"N

Longitude: -1.5761 / 1°34'33"W

OS Eastings: 427367

OS Northings: 542533

OS Grid: NZ273425

Mapcode National: GBR KFF6.LC

Mapcode Global: WHC4Q.R6P7

Plus Code: 9C6WQCGF+QH

Entry Name: 22 and 23, Market Place

Listing Date: 19 February 1970

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1120626

English Heritage Legacy ID: 110280

ID on this website: 101120626

Location: Durham, County Durham, DH1

County: County Durham

Electoral Ward/Division: Elvet and Gilesgate

Parish: City of Durham

Built-Up Area: Durham

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Durham St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


NZ 2742 NW
9/228
19.2.70

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE
MARKET PLACE
(West side)

Nos. 22 and 23

GV
II

Shop. Mid C19. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof
with stone gable copings. Gothic style. 3 storeys and attics; 2 bays.
Ground floor shop has renewed glazing under 2 wide arches flanked by 3 narrower
arches with moulded heads; shafted fascia brackets. Upper floors have stone-
mullioned windows; 2 lights each, with cusped heads and flower-stopped drip
moulds, except for one-storey first floor canted bay with arched recesses
containing lancets under pierced quatrefoil parapet, which forms second-floor
balcony. Paired lancets in half-dormers under stepped gables with fleur-de-lis
finials. Gutter cornice has flower-carved stone brackets and rain water heads;
second-floor string has similar moulding encircling drainpipe.

Listing NGR: NZ2736742533

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