Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE

NZ 2742 SE
15/311

OLD ELVET
(South side)

Forecourt walls,
piers, gates and
overthrow to
Crown Court

GV
II

Walls, piers and overthrow with lampholder. Early-mid C19. Sandstone; wrought
iron lampholder overthrow, Low, coursed walls with gently-rounded coping project
from ends of Court building wings and surround the forcourt garden. At either
side a pair of tall round piers, with moulded plinth and cornice, flank road
in front of Court. At the north entrance to the garden 2 lower piers support
an overthrow and lampholder.

Gates and lampholders missing from entrances to road. Later wrought iron gate
at east end.

Wall originally held railings, now removed.

Listing NGR: NZ2783342265

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414580

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)