Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE ELVET HILL ROAD
NZ24SE (West side)

4/148 Language laboratory
and adjacent gate
piers.

GV II

Coach house, saddle room, byre, hay-loft and hen house of Elvet Hill House.
now language laboratory.

1868 for Fogg-Elliott family.

Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; Welsh
slate roof with stone gable copings. L-plan. One storey, 4 bays and lower
one-storey 2-bay extension. Chamfered surrounds to 4 top-hung casements
with glazing bars. Steeply-pitched roof has fishscale pattern; sloped gable
coping on moulded kneelers. Right return gable contains pigeon holes and
shelves in 2-centred arch under drip mould. Rear has cantilevered external
stone stair to loft. Small right extension has 2 top-hung casements in
chamfered surrounds flanking blind cross-slit.
Gate piers: 2 tall square sandstone piers with plinth and coved coping
adjacent to 2-bay section, and one similar pier at right end of building.

Listing NGR: NZ2706341208

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413863

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets