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15 and 17, Market Place

A Grade II* Listed Building in Barnard Castle, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.5427 / 54°32'33"N

Longitude: -1.9234 / 1°55'24"W

OS Eastings: 405055

OS Northings: 516386

OS Grid: NZ050163

Mapcode National: GBR HH0X.DB

Mapcode Global: WHB4L.F2BT

Plus Code: 9C6WG3VG+3M

Entry Name: 15 and 17, Market Place

Listing Date: 24 February 1950

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292208

English Heritage Legacy ID: 388738

ID on this website: 101292208

Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Barnard Castle

Built-Up Area: Barnard Castle

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Barnard Castle with Whorlton

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516SW MARKET PLACE 770-1/6/109 (East side) 24/02/50 Nos.15 AND 17

GV II*

House, now hotel and shop. Building said to date from 1690 (deeds); C19 shop front at right and early C20 bar front at left. For the Raby Castle estate. Coursed squared stone with ashlar quoins and painted dressings; roof of stone slates with stone gable coping and brick chimneys. L-plan with long rear wing. 3 storeys; 4-window range. 6-panel door and 3-pane overlight in third bay in pedimented architrave surround. Projecting shallow square bay to corniced bar front at left has wood mullions to 4 lights with transom. Small shop front at right has half-glazed door at left and small square bay window at right under continuous entablature. Above, sashes with glazing bars on first floor and 6-pane sashes on second floor have painted architraves. Roof has gable copings resting on moulded kneelers. Rear wing at north of yard of 3-storey, 3-window, range, and 2-storey, 3-window range. INTERIOR: fire screens added to wide open-well stair, with shallow risers, grip handrail, and boxed balustrade. First-floor full-width room, with later partitions, has raised fielded panelling and cupboards, panelled shutters, panelling below windows, deep chair rail; doors have architraves and panelled reveals. Second-floor front rooms have 2-panel cupboard doors with L-hinges, 2-panel doors, bolection-moulded stone fireplace surround, and splayed boarded recess below and continuing window openings. Rear wing also has splayed window recesses with seats, some windows with broad glazing bars, and plain stone fireplace surrounds.

Listing NGR: NZ0505616389

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