Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE THE COLLEGE
NZ 2741 NW (West side)

16/81 No. 5 (Department of
6/5/52 Palaeography and
Diplomatic) (formerly
listed as the Song
School)

GV II

House, now university department. Possibly medieval fabric; early C19
refenestration and internal alterations. Sandstone, eroded and partly obscured
by mortar, with some quoins and brick insertions; ashlar dressings in brick
parts; Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys. L-plan. Basement, and 3 storeys;
3 bays in left projecting part and 4 bays at right. Steps up to Tuscan doorcase,
with 6-panel door, in first of set-back bays. Sash windows with fine glazing
bars have flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Snecked sandstone
parapet has flat stone coping. Hipped roofs.

Interior: 6-panel doors with fine beads on panels, window shutters, moulded
cornices in some rooms. Open-string stair has shaped tread ends, wreathed
handrail, curtail, square balusters. Barrel-vaulted rear basement.

Listing NGR: NZ2737241982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413912

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record