Description

BARNARD CASTLE

NZ0516SW NEWGATE
770-1/6/137 (North side)
No.26

GV II

House, later house, flat and shop. Mostly late C18,
incorporating C17 and possibly C16 structure. Painted incised
stucco with painted ashlar dressings, and right return rubble
with quoins and ashlar plinth and dressings; roof of stone
slates with stone ridge and chimneys. L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2-window range. Shop front at left has
4-panelled door and overlight with glazing bars to right of
3-light window with slender mullions, all in surround with
panelled pilasters and plain fascia and hood. Blocks on
pilasters formerly held richly carved terms (photograph in
owner's possession). Plain sash above with painted flat stone
lintel and sill. Similar sash at right on ground floor has
flat sill, and lintel obscured by ogee bracket to first-floor
canted oriel, which has angle shafts, plain sashes and
prominent cornice. Low-pitched roof, hipped at left, has
centre and right ridge chimneys with stone bands.
Right return has 6-panel door towards rear of house under
re-used inscription as lintel, possibly C17: `O REMEMBER MAN
IS MORTALL'. 6-pane light to left of door and 4-pane sash
above have flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills.
Small light high in wall of rear offshut with long catslide
roof.
Rear elevation shows 2-light C17 stone windows with chamfered
surrounds and mullions.
INTERIOR: wide splays to rear windows, and one with lead ties
on cross bars. Ground-floor shop has stone fire surround at
left with hollow-chamfered reveals. Ground-floor rear flat
said to show beams. First-floor left room has blocked narrow
window in right wall suggesting right bay an addition.
HISTORY: Source of re-used inscription not known. Medieval
hospital of St John the Baptist, founded c1230, stood on the
opposite side of Newgate (Clack and Gosling 1976).
(Clack: Archaeology in the North. App.A vi ... Barnard Castle:
Durham: 1976-: 210).

Listing NGR: NZ0518316289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512762

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)