Mill Court
MILL COURT, THORNGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201695
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Mill Court
- Statutory Address:
- MILL COURT, THORNGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201695
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Mill Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- MILL COURT, THORNGATE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MILL COURT, THORNGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barnard Castle
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 04923 16004
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE THORNGATE 770-1/5/223 (East side) Mill Court
GV II
Formerly known as: Thorngate Factory THORNGATE. Woollen mill, then chamois leather factory, this part now flats. Mid C19; 1935-82 used by North of England Chamois Leather Co.; 1982-85 conversion of most of factory for Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings; roofs of stone and Welsh slates with stone gable copings. PLAN: north elevation to courtyard 3+2 storeys; 3+2-opening range. Rear elevation to river 3+3 lower storeys; 5+3 window range. EXTERIOR: north elevation to courtyard: former vehicle shed has voussoirs to 2 round-arched openings below and flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills to 2 small fixed lights above, and one set-back bay with 4-panel door below and fixed light above; roof hipped at left. At right taller build continues with side steps to 4-panel door, and metal mullions and transoms to 6-light windows with flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Roof has gable copings, and butting onto front slope is the roof of a bridge at right with window strip above weatherboarding. Front to river has one extra storey below to water's edge, with metal mullions and transoms to fixed lights, and tiers of end plates for cast-iron reinforcing rods at right of tallest build. HISTORY: this was the last of many industrial buildings erected on the river in Barnard Castle; it was not water-powered. From 1935-83, it was a factory for the North of England Chamois Leather Co, used for making protective clothing for the steel industry and the Admiralty. Only this mill, Thorngate Mill (qv) and the mill at No.22 Bridgegate (qv) now survive. (Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust: Rackham RA: Barnard Castle and Teesdale, A Victorian Perspective: Barnard Castle: 1988-: PLATES 11 AND 28).
Listing NGR: NZ0492316004
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388852
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Rackham, R A, Barnard Castle and Teesdale A Victorian Perspective, (1988)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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