2017

NZ0516 : Blagraves

taken 7 years ago, near to Barnard Castle, County Durham, England

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Blagraves
Blagraves
Blagraves

Numbers 30 and 32 The Bank, this is a grade I listed building. I am not surprised.
Dating from the 16th century, with rework every hundred years since. There is a huge and detailed description in tedious prose in the Historic England listing at LinkExternal link.

The face of the building includes four badly wethered statues of musicians, at least two of which appear to have drone-less bagpipes similar to Cumbrian pipes.

The left hand side includes a magnificent 3 story window bay in ashlar, dating from the 17th century.

Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

Read more at Wikipedia LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Housing, Dwellings City, Town centre Period: 16th Century Primary Subject: House other tags: Grade I Listed Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Blagraves House [11] Other Photos: · Blue Plaque Title Clusters: · Blagraves [2] ·
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NZ0516, 399 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Bob Harvey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 September, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 16 October, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 050 162 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:32.4726N 1:55.4390W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 050 162
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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