Former Chapel at North West Corner of Garden to Number 7 Former Chapel in Outer Ward of the Castle, With Wall Attached
FORMER CHAPEL AT NORTH WEST CORNER OF GARDEN TO NUMBER 7, THE BANK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282722
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Former Chapel at North West Corner of Garden to Number 7 Former Chapel in Outer Ward of the Castle, With Wall Attached
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CHAPEL AT NORTH WEST CORNER OF GARDEN TO NUMBER 7, THE BANK
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282722
- Date first listed:
- 22-Mar-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Chapel at North West Corner of Garden to Number 7 Former Chapel in Outer Ward of the Castle, With Wall Attached
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER CHAPEL AT NORTH WEST CORNER OF GARDEN TO NUMBER 7, THE BANK
- Statutory Address 2:
- FORMER CHAPEL IN OUTER WARD OF THE CASTLE, WITH WALL ATTACHED, THE SCAR
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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:
- FORMER CHAPEL AT NORTH WEST CORNER OF GARDEN TO NUMBER 7, THE BANK
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CHAPEL IN OUTER WARD OF THE CASTLE, WITH WALL ATTACHED, THE SCAR
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 04938 16336
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE THE SCAR 770-1/5/205 (South side (off)) 22/03/73 Former chapel in outer ward of the Castle, with wall attached (Formerly Listed as: The Castle - whole of medieval remains of walling and earthworks)
GV II
Byre incorporating fragments of Chapel of St Margaret, with wall and bee boles attached and wall running south behind gardens of houses on west side of The Bank. Byre probably early-mid C19; medieval fragments C12-C13. Garden walls probably C17/C18, inserted into Castle Outer Ward to form house gardens. Square plan, set against corner of garden belonging to No.7, The Bank (qv); byre lies due west of No.6, Market Place (qv). Rubble with ashlar dressings; roof of pantiles with stone ridge and stone slates at eaves; wall attached is coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. EXTERIOR: north elevation of byre has wood lintels to boarded Dutch door at left, window at right with hit-and-miss wood vents below 3 panes, under gable. Blind right return to Outer Bailey; stone lintel over blocked central door on left return. South elevation to garden shows blocked door at right with left block jambs, disturbed masonry at right and above, and rubble at left with flat stone lintel and well-cut block jambs to blocked opening; coursed squared masonry in gable peak. INTERIOR: limewash obscuring much detail; south wall has fragment approx 0.8m high of round pier with moulded plinth of C13 character, with blocked rectangular light above and to left, and taller blocked light to right. Wall attached to south is approx 3m high and has thin wood lintel over boarded door to right of byre, with block jambs. Thin stone sill to 2 lancets at left with stone slate shelf, missing from right, and chamfered heads; left head made from one stone, right head of two stones, resting on block jambs and mullion. Wall continues north-south along gardens to join Castle Wall. Irregular coping. (English Heritage handbooks: Austin D: Barnard Castle, Durham: London: -1988: 16).
Listing NGR: NZ0493816336
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388834
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Austin, D, Official Guide to Barnard Castle Durham, (1988), 16
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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