No. 1 (Merrydale Rest Home) , No. 2 (Banks House) And Nos. 3 to 12 Bank Terrace
1 (MERRYDALE REST HOME), 2 (BANKS HOUSE) AND 3-12, BANKS TERRACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299449
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- No. 1 (Merrydale Rest Home) , No. 2 (Banks House) And Nos. 3 to 12 Bank Terrace
- Statutory Address:
- 1 (MERRYDALE REST HOME), 2 (BANKS HOUSE) AND 3-12, BANKS TERRACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299449
- Date first listed:
- 29-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- No. 1 (Merrydale Rest Home) , No. 2 (Banks House) And Nos. 3 to 12 Bank Terrace
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1 (MERRYDALE REST HOME), 2 (BANKS HOUSE) AND 3-12, BANKS TERRACE
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:
- 1 (MERRYDALE REST HOME), 2 (BANKS HOUSE) AND 3-12, BANKS TERRACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Darlington (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hurworth
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 29319 09853
Details
NZ 20 NE
10/67
HURWORTH, Hurworth Place
BANKS TERRACE,
No. 1 (Merrydale Rest Home), No. 2 (Banks House) and Nos. 3 to 12 consecutive
29.10.87
II
Terrace of 12 houses, c.1840. Brick in English garden wall bond, 4+1; No. 10 rendered; painted stone dressings. Welsh slate roofs with cream brick chimney stacks. L-plan: south arm Nos. 1 to 5; east arm Nos. 6 to 12. Classical style. 2 storeys plus basements; each house 2 or 3 bays, except No. 10, 4 bays. Projecting basement with crowning band; first-floor sill band; eaves band with cream brick dentils. Mainly 9-pane sashes in basement. 5 to 7 stone steps, with cast-iron railings, to 4-panel doors and overlights in wood doorcases. 4-pane sashes with wedge lintels and projecting sills. Some railings, doors and windows have been replaced. First-floor stone plaque on No. 6 inscribed BANKS TERRACE. Each arm has separate roof with stone-coped gables. Transverse end and ridge stacks. Projecting stair wings on rear of each house. Some original cast-iron area railings. Late C20 house on west return of No. 1 is not of interest.
Listing NGR: NZ2931409848
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 350404
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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