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SRA-regulated solicitors in County Durham: 28 firms reporting residential property
35 authorised firms with a practising office in the County Durham district on 3 November 2026, from the SRA's own data feed. Conveyancing firms first, ordered by distance from the centre of the district's offices; every one must publish its prices under the SRA Transparency Rules.
On 3 November 2026 the SRA register listed 35 authorised firms with a practising office in County Durham, operating 49 offices between them. 28 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 33 list a website and 24 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 27 recognised body, 5 licensed body and 3 recognised sole practice.
The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from June 2026; 1 firm was authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 17 of the 35 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are residential property (28), wills and trusts (28), probate (26), family (25) and commercial property (20).
Every one of the 28 firms reporting residential property work is required by the SRA Transparency Rules to publish its conveyancing prices on its website, or to supply them on request where it has none. 27 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 2. For context, the national purchase legal fee on this site averages £1,575 plus VAT (range £1,200 to £2,500).
National purchase legal fee: £1,575 average, range £1,200 to £2,500 plus VAT, before disbursements. See the conveyancing fee guide and calculator.
Firms reporting residential property work in County Durham
35 of 35 firms plotted at their County Durham office, 28 of them reporting residential property. Hover a row to find it on the map.
pinned on the office postcode postcode did not resolve, so the pin marks the area and not the door
Outline: County Durham district outline (ONS E06000047). On the still map, offices sharing a point are drawn once; the interactive map plots every one and groups them as you zoom out.
Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
| Firm | Office in County Durham | From centre | Authorised | Also reported | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Woodhouse Limited | Durham DH7 8XL Branch | 1.5 km | Recognised body since 2017 | Family | Website |
| Riley Langdon Solicitors | Durham DH7 8ER Head office | 1.6 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Barbara Thubron | Durham DH1 3AQ Head office | 2.6 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Freeman Johnson t/a Freeman Johnson Solicitors | Durham DH1 3JA Branch | 2.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Lever Law Limited t/a Lever Law Solicitors | Durham DH1 1TB Head office | 3.0 km | Recognised body since 2019 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| TMJ Legal Services Limited t/a TMJ Legal Services | Durham DH1 1JA Branch (+2 more here) | 3.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Swinburne Maddison LLP | Durham DH1 5TS Head office | 3.9 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Cooper Stott Solicitors LTD t/a Cooper Stott Solicitors | Durham DH1 5NE Head office | 4.0 km | Recognised body since 2014 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| Mortons Law Limited t/a Mortons Law | Durham DH1 1TW Branch (+1 more here) | 4.9 km | Recognised body since 2024 | Wills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP t/a BHP Law | Durham DH1 1TH Branch | 5.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Emg Solicitors Limited t/a Emg Solicitors | Durham DH1 5TH Head office | 5.8 km | Licensed body since 2026 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Evans & Co | Spennymoor DL16 6QF Head office (+1 more here) | 6.0 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Grey-Smith Legal Limited | Spennymoor DL16 6DB Branch | 6.3 km | Licensed body since 2020 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Meikles Solicitors LLP | Spennymoor DL16 7SE Head office (+3 more here) | 6.5 km | Recognised body since 2015 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| The Barrington Law Partnership t/a THE BARRINGTON LAW PARTNERSHIP (Practising style for Hodgson & Angus) | Bishop Auckland DL14 7JH Head office (+1 more here) | 11.4 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | on request |
| Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership t/a Grierson Shaw & Co Part of the RichmondPartnership | Chester le Street DH3 3TA Head office | 11.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Hewitts | Bishop Auckland DL14 7EL Head office | 12.0 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| C W Booth & Co | Bishop Auckland DL14 6EN Head office (+1 more here) | 12.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| AJD Law Limited t/a 22 Law Prices publishedfee table | Stanley DH9 0AB Branch | 14.5 km | Licensed body since 2023 | Wills and trustsProbate | Read the price page |
| Nicholson Martin Legge & Miller | Stanley DH9 0BL Head office | 14.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Row & Scott Limited | Stanley DH9 9DB Branch | 16.1 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Smith & Graham | Peterlee SR8 1AX Branch | 16.6 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Dma Law Limited | Consett DH8 5QJ Branch (+2 more here) | 18.8 km | Recognised body since 2017 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Kenneth M Barrow & Co Limited t/a Kenneth M Barrow & Co | Seaham SR7 7EF Head office | 18.8 km | Recognised body since 2015 | ProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Pepperells LTD Prices published | Seaham SR7 7EL Branch | 18.8 km | Recognised body since 2017 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Read the price page |
| Peter Dunn & Co Limited | Seaham SR7 7EU Branch | 19.1 km | Licensed body since 2024 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| McGarry Law LLP t/a McGarry & Co | Barnard Castle DL12 8EQ Head office (+3 more here) | 31.6 km | Recognised body since 2022 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Tilly Bailey & Irvine LLP t/a Scanlans TBI | Barnard Castle DL12 8NG Branch | 31.8 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
"From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of all practising offices in the district. Rows without a link are firms whose SRA record is too sparse for a page of their own. "Also reported" shows probate, wills and family where the firm reported them. The "Prices published" badge means we read a conveyancing price page on that firm's own website and confirmed what it covers; a firm without one may still publish prices we did not find. Hover or tap a row to find that office on the map.
Other SRA-regulated firms with an office in County Durham (7, no residential property reported)
Published conveyancing fees near County Durham
15 firms within 25 km of the centre of the County Durham district publish, on their own websites, a freehold purchase fee that covers a £300,000 property. The SRA Transparency Rules require the figure; we read each page and show the fee as the firm printed it, with the page and the date. Ordered by that published fee, lowest first. A range or "from" price is placed by its lower figure and labelled; a firm with a band table shows the band its own table assigns to £300,000. Other services, other prices and your own postcode are on the published-fee comparison.
| Firm | Published fee at £300,000 | Basis | Office | From centre | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emg Solicitors Limited SRA 607042 | £700 to £4,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - fees | Durham | 5.8 km | emgsolicitors.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Clarke Mairs Law Limited SRA 819004 | £750 to £3,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, legal fees usually charged on a fixed fee basis | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 24.3 km | www.clarkemairs.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Sweeney Miller LLP SRA 569467 | £825.00 to £4,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, typical legal fees from properties under 100,000 to properties over 1,000,000.00 | Sunderland | 21.3 km | www.sweeneymiller.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| K Boswell & Co SRA 618836 | £834 inc VAT | fixed · Purchase of a freehold residential property - legal fee | Washington | 18.2 km | www.kboswell.co.uk, read 7 October 2026 |
| McKenzie Bell LTD SRA 573266 | £850.00 + VAT | band "£250,000.01 to £300,000.00" · Conveyancing - purchase, fee by price band | Sunderland | 21.5 km | mckenzie-bell.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Iris Law LLP SRA 546591 | £850.00 + VAT | band "£300,000 TO £399,999" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, minimum basic legal fee by purchase price | Gateshead | 23.3 km | www.irislawfirm.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Lever Law Limited SRA 659187 | £875.00 + VAT | band "£250,000.01 to £300,000.00" · Residential conveyancing - standard purchase transaction, fee by price band | Durham | 3.0 km | leverlaw.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Mulcahy Smith Limited SRA 640868 | from £895 + VAT | from · Conveyancing - fixed legal fees, from | Gateshead | 22.9 km | www.mulcahysmith.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| G Tilley Law Limited SRA 641609 | £925 + VAT | band "£200,001 - £300,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase of a residential property, legal fee by property price | Houghton le Spring | 12.7 km | www.sherwood-smithtilleyandco.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership SRA 75438 | £950 + VAT | band "£200,000 – £350,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchases, fee by property value | Chester le Street | 11.5 km | therichmondpartnership.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Peter Dunn & Co Limited SRA 569290 | £995 + VAT | fixed · Residential conveyancing - purchase, fee that usually would not exceed (properties up to £400,000) | Sunderland | 21.6 km | www.peterdunn.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| David Gray Solicitors LLP SRA 558594 | £1400 + VAT | band "Up to £350,000" · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase (fee by purchase price) | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 24.1 km | www.davidgray.co.uk, read 7 October 2026 |
| AJD Law Limited SRA 8003634 | £1,495 + VAT | band "£250,001 – £400,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, legal fee by property band | Newcastle upon Tyne | 21.9 km | 22law.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Goldwaters SRA 48104 | £1,500 to £5,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - freehold residential purchase, typical, up to £1 million | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 23.9 km | www.goldwaters.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Sintons Limited Liability Partnership SRA 398301 | from £2,200 + VAT | from · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, property valued under £1,000,000 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 24.6 km | sintons.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
Prices the firms themselves publish under the SRA Transparency Rules, read from their websites on the dates shown and reproduced unchanged. They are not quotes, we have not asked the firms for quotes, and no firm paid to appear or to be placed higher. Assumes a registered freehold property, one buyer, no mortgage and no supplements unless the firm's label says otherwise; disbursements, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees are not included. "From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of the district's practising offices to the firm's head office. See how the fees firms publish compare across England and Wales.
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- Check the firm on the SRA register (each firm page links to its entry) and confirm the SRA number on the firm's website matches.
- Read the published price page: it must show the total or a range, hourly rates or fixed fees, disbursements, VAT and timescales. See how to compare conveyancing quotes.
- A conveyancer does not need to be local; compare at least three written quotes, including an online conveyancer.
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 3 November 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.