Latitude: 54.5393 / 54°32'21"N
Longitude: -1.9254 / 1°55'31"W
OS Eastings: 404923
OS Northings: 516004
OS Grid: NZ049160
Mapcode National: GBR GHZY.YK
Mapcode Global: WHB4L.D5CG
Plus Code: 9C6WG3QF+PR
Entry Name: Mill Court
Listing Date: 28 November 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1201695
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388852
ID on this website: 101201695
Location: Startforth, County Durham, DL12
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Barnard Castle
Built-Up Area: Barnard Castle
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Barnard Castle with Whorlton
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Building
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0416SE THORNGATE
770-1/5/223 (East side)
Mill Court
GV II
Formerly known as: Thorngate Factory THORNGATE.
Woollen mill, then chamois leather factory, this part now
flats. Mid C19; 1935-82 used by North of England Chamois
Leather Co.; 1982-85 conversion of most of factory for
Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust. Coursed squared stone
with ashlar dressings; roofs of stone and Welsh slates with
stone gable copings.
PLAN: north elevation to courtyard 3+2 storeys; 3+2-opening
range. Rear elevation to river 3+3 lower storeys; 5+3 window
range.
EXTERIOR: north elevation to courtyard: former vehicle shed
has voussoirs to 2 round-arched openings below and flat stone
lintels and projecting stone sills to 2 small fixed lights
above, and one set-back bay with 4-panel door below and fixed
light above; roof hipped at left. At right taller build
continues with side steps to 4-panel door, and metal mullions
and transoms to 6-light windows with flat stone lintels and
projecting stone sills. Roof has gable copings, and butting
onto front slope is the roof of a bridge at right with window
strip above weatherboarding. Front to river has one extra
storey below to water's edge, with metal mullions and transoms
to fixed lights, and tiers of end plates for cast-iron
reinforcing rods at right of tallest build.
HISTORY: this was the last of many industrial buildings
erected on the river in Barnard Castle; it was not
water-powered. From 1935-83, it was a factory for the North of
England Chamois Leather Co, used for making protective
clothing for the steel industry and the Admiralty. Only this
mill, Thorngate Mill (qv) and the mill at No.22 Bridgegate
(qv) now survive.
(Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust: Rackham RA: Barnard
Castle and Teesdale, A Victorian Perspective: Barnard Castle:
1988-: PLATES 11 AND 28).
Listing NGR: NZ0492316004
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