Charlton House and Attached Rear Wall Charlton House, Thorngate
CHARLTON HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR WALL, 2, THORNGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1291743
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1973
- Statutory Address:
- CHARLTON HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR WALL, 2, THORNGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1291743
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1973
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHARLTON HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR WALL, 2, THORNGATE
- Statutory Address 2:
- CHARLTON HOUSE, THORNGATE, GRAY LANE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHARLTON HOUSE AND ATTACHED REAR WALL, 2, THORNGATE
- Statutory Address:
- CHARLTON HOUSE, THORNGATE, GRAY LANE
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 04978 16123
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE THORNGATE 770-1/5/208 (East side) 22/02/73 No.2 Charlton House and attached rear wall
GV II
House with rear outbuildings, and walls attached. Mid-late C18 with C19 alterations. Render with painted ashlar dressings; rear wing rubble with ashlar dressings; roof thin asbestos tiles in imitation of Welsh slate, with stone gable copings and rendered chimney. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; one-window range, and 2-storey, 2-window, rear wing. 4-panel door and small overlight at right and canted bay window with colonnettes on wood mullions at left under continuous wood entablature. Painted plain stone surround to tall first-floor window. Plain sashes on ground floor and 4-pane on first. Similar jambs and head, but sill altered, to C20 glazing in paired smaller lights on top floor, possibly for weaver's work. Roof has gable copings on moulded kneelers, and left end chimney. Left return has half-glazed C20 door towards rear, and small lights above on each floor. Rear wing has 4-pane sashes in windows of irregular size and spacing with flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Outbuildings of one low storey have stone slate roofs. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: high rear wall of rubble with flat stone coping continues around north side of property forming part of south side of Gray Lane.
Listing NGR: NZ0497616125
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- Legacy System number:
- 388836
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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