Description

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

14/77 The Gatehouse
6.5.52 (formerly listed as
The Priory Gateway)

GV I
Gatehouse; incorporating St. Helen's Chapel, now muniment room. Circa 1500 for
Prior Castell (1494-1519); restored c.1860. Coursed squared sandstone with
chamfered ashlar plinth and ashlar dressings. Arched gateway with lodge on north
and chapel above. 2 storeys, 1 bay. Double-chamfered 2-centred arch under
renewed dripmould; eroded niches above flank renewed 3-light Perpendicular window
under dripmould. Low-pitched coped gable parapet on string course.

Interior: 2 quadripartite ribbed vaults with tiercerons have carved bosses, that
on east with the arms of the See of Durham carried by an angel, that on west with
Prior Castell's badge; blind wall arcades, with square-headed door and 2-light
window, to lodge on north; between the vaults a Tudor-arched vehicle entrance and
north pedestrian arches with ledged boarded gates.

Interior of building has wavy-rail closed-string stair with ramped handrail, now
blocked at foot; access on first-floor level from adjacent building. Stone newel
stair at west end leads to former chapel, which has original low-pitched wood
roof with large beams.

Listing NGR: NZ2740942017

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529792

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6