Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497398

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