Description

BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516NW GALGATE
770-1/4/54 (South East side)
24/02/50 Nos.59 AND 59A
(Formerly Listed as:
GALGATE
(South side)
Nos.53,55,57,59,59A
Caroline Grove (59))

GV II

Pair of houses, formerly part of larger house. 1760 with C19
alterations. Rough render with ashlar dressings; roof of stone
slates and Welsh slate with stone ridge and gable copings and
rendered chimneys.
2 storeys; 4-window range, with outer gabled bays; left gable
is No.59A. 6-panel doors at right of left gable and under
third window, the left with overlight in keyed round-headed
surround with imposts, the right in plain stone surround with
hood. Paired C19 windows on ground and first floors in left
gable have 8-pane sashes, stop-chamfered stone mullions and
flat stone lintels, and projecting stone sills. Single 12-pane
sash in gable peak has flat stone lintel and projecting stone
sill.
Lower 2-bay central section has stone-mullioned canted bay
window with low-pitched hipped roof at left; first-floor
18-pane sashes with flat stone lintels and projecting stone
sills above that and door, and keyed round-arched stair sash
window at right with imposts and arched glazing bars. Right
gabled bay, lower than the left gable, has canted stone bay
with glazing bars and hipped roof, and 18-pane sash above.
Left gable has stone coping on moulded kneelers; low-pitched
right gable has stone coping, moulded kneelers, and ball
finial. Roof has tall, wide, rendered end stacks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: this was part of the home of William Hutchinson,
historian of County Durham, in the C18.

Listing NGR: NZ0518116754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497061

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