Description

NZ 2642 SE
13/115

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE
CROSSGATE
No. 37 (part of Crossgate Hospital) )

19.2.70

GV
II
Workhouse, now part of Hospital. 1837 for Durham Poor Law Union. Coursed squared sandstone with painted ashlar dressings; Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 9 bays, the central 3 projecting slightly. Central 6-panelled door and 3-paned overlight in stone Tuscan doorcase with pediment-shaped panel, flanked by acroteria, above. Seventh bay has renewed door and overlight in raised stone surround under cornice. Wedge stone lintels to renewed door at left of first bay and to sashes with glazing bars and projecting stone sills. One storey 5-bay right extension has flat stone lintels. Hipped roof has 2 banded brick chimneys with round yellow pots.

Listing NGR: NZ2689642356

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453462

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990