8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1121108
Date first listed:: 14-Sep-1966
List Entry Name:: 8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN
Statutory Address:: 8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1121108
Date first listed:: 14-Sep-1966
Date of most recent amendment:: 04-Jul-1985
List Entry Name:: 8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN
Statutory Address 1:: 8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: 8 AND 9, HIGH GREEN

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Gainford
National Grid Reference:: NZ 17077 16809

Details

NZ 1616 - 1716 GAINFORD HIGH GREEN (North side)

9/98 Nos. 8 and 9 14.9.66 - (formerly listed as No.10 West House) GV II

Substantial house now 2 dwellings. Dated 1696 on doorway in right return, with mid C19 alterations. Roughcast and painted masonry, graduated green slate roof with roughcast brick and stone stacks. 3-storey, 7-bay front with raised and chamfered quoins. No. 8 5 bays, No. 9 2 bays. Ground floor: No. 8 has 6-panel door and radial fanlight in round-arched surround flanked by mid C19 canted bay windows; No. 9 has late C20 glazed door and similar bay window to left. First floor 12-pane sash windows, those of No. 8 renewed, in raised surrounds. Second floor windows have double-chamfered surrounds, originally with central mullion, and now with square 4-pane sashes. Low-pitched roof has coped gables with shaped kneelers. Corniced stone left gable and ridge stacks, rebuilt right gable stack of brick. Right return has possibly repositioned, blocked doorway with elaborate shouldered and eared bolection-moulded surround; raised tablet above doorhead inscribed 16 HE 96 (Henry Eden).

Interior of No. 8: ground floor cross-passage has blocked doorway in bolection- moulded surround; several 2-panel doors, some in architraves;4-flight dogleg staircase with moulded closed string, grip handrail and some original barley- sugar balusters.

Attached outbuildings to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1707716809

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Legacy System number:: 111051
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.