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23, Horse Market

A Grade II Listed Building in Barnard Castle, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.5442 / 54°32'39"N

Longitude: -1.9241 / 1°55'26"W

OS Eastings: 405005

OS Northings: 516550

OS Grid: NZ050165

Mapcode National: GBR HH0W.7T

Mapcode Global: WHB4L.D1ZP

Plus Code: 9C6WG3VG+M8

Entry Name: 23, Horse Market

Listing Date: 24 February 1950

Last Amended: 28 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1210139

English Heritage Legacy ID: 388715

ID on this website: 101210139

Location: Barnard Castle, 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

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Description



BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516NW HORSE MARKET
770-1/4/86 (North East side)
24/02/50 No.23
(Formerly Listed as:
HORSE MARKET
(East side)
Nos.21 AND 23
Blackett's Shop (21))

GV II

House, now shop. c1850 with C20 shop probably replacing
earlier shop. Ashlar with rubble returns; roof has French
tiles. Classical style. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Step up to
10-panel door and blocked overlight with 2 quadrant panels at
right in round-headed arch with rusticated voussoirs in ground
floor with channelled rustication. Stone plinth and rusticated
quoins. Plate-glass windows to shop front filling remainder of
ground floor under large fascia. 12-pane first-floor sashes in
architraves under floating cornices on consoles; 9-pane
second-floor sashes in lugged architraves. Rusticated quoins
above first floor, and modillioned eaves cornice. Roof has
corniced end chimneys in centre of front slope, with
Tudor-style octagonal corniced chimney pots.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: plaque at left of building records it as the site of
the old store house and hospital of the Durham Militia from
1759.


Listing NGR: NZ0501216556

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