Description

BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516NW HORSE MARKET
770-1/4/86 (North East side)
24/02/50 No.23
(Formerly Listed as:
HORSE MARKET
(East side)
Nos.21 AND 23
Blackett's Shop (21))

GV II

House, now shop. c1850 with C20 shop probably replacing
earlier shop. Ashlar with rubble returns; roof has French
tiles. Classical style. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Step up to
10-panel door and blocked overlight with 2 quadrant panels at
right in round-headed arch with rusticated voussoirs in ground
floor with channelled rustication. Stone plinth and rusticated
quoins. Plate-glass windows to shop front filling remainder of
ground floor under large fascia. 12-pane first-floor sashes in
architraves under floating cornices on consoles; 9-pane
second-floor sashes in lugged architraves. Rusticated quoins
above first floor, and modillioned eaves cornice. Roof has
corniced end chimneys in centre of front slope, with
Tudor-style octagonal corniced chimney pots.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: plaque at left of building records it as the site of
the old store house and hospital of the Durham Militia from
1759.

Listing NGR: NZ0501216556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505184

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living