Hole in the Wall Warehouse
HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, HOLE IN THE WALL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292308
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Hole in the Wall Warehouse
- Statutory Address:
- HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, HOLE IN THE WALL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292308
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Hole in the Wall Warehouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, HOLE IN THE WALL
- Statutory Address 2:
- HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, QUEEN STREET
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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:
- HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, HOLE IN THE WALL
- Statutory Address:
- HOLE IN THE WALL WAREHOUSE, QUEEN STREET
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 05143 16367
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0516SW HOLE-IN-THE-WALL 770-1/6/79 (West side) Hole in the Wall Warehouse
II
Formerly known as: Old Meeting House HOLE-IN-THE-WALL. Methodist meeting house from c1747 until 1764, now warehouse. Early-mid C18 incorporating earlier archway. Rubble with quoins and stone dressings; roof of stone flags. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; probably 3-window range, with central 2-storey offshut, possibly a stair wing, to west. North gable facing Queen Street has low eroded chamfered elliptical head to arch over lane which passes under the building. Inserted double boarded vehicle doors at right; stone surround to blocked opening at left on first floor, with lower blocking rubble and the upper brick. At right a boarded loading door under wider wood lintel. In gable peak, old brick patching high in centre, small blocked opening at left with flat stone lintel; boarded shutter at right under thin wood lintel. Left return, partly blocked at left by adjoining shed, shows part of one and all of another tall blocked opening with flat stone lintels. Right return to public car park behind Market Place shows pent roof to west wing with blocked openings on each floor. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: this was the first meeting room of the Methodists after the group was established c1747 under the leadership of Joseph Cheesebrough who persuaded Catherine Graves to form a class at Barnard Castle. This class met here because private houses were too small for the growing numbers and a secluded place was needed to avoid attracting attention. John Wesley probably preached here on his second visit to Barnard Castle in 1761. The first Methodist chapel (qv) in the town was built in 1764 in Broad Gate to accommodate the greater numbers. (Steele A: The History of Methodism in Barnard Castle and..the Dales...: London: 1857-: 17,29,71 ETC).
Listing NGR: NZ0514316367
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388709
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Steele, A, The History of Methodism in Barnard Castle and the Dales, (1857), 17,29,etc
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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