Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE NORTH END
NZ 24 SE
4/280 Low Dryburn farmhouse
(formerly listed
19.2.70 in North Road)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C18 with alterations. Rendered rubble sandstone
and rubble; pantiled roof on extensions; main roof of French tiles; brick
chimneys. 2 storeys, one bay with one-storey, one-bay extensions at each end
and later one-storey front extension. Renewed door at left of central bays;
extension projects at right; late C19 and renewed windows. Steeply-pitched
roofs.

Interior: enclosed dog-leg stair has closed string, barley-sugar twist
balusters and rounded handrail with side groove. Central roof has coupled
principals and through purlins; re-used crucks in left extension. Ground
floor ceiling beams; first floor has old planks.

Several small rear extensions not of interest.

Source: H.M. Roberts, 'Cruck-framed roofs in the City of Durham : preliminary
notes on identified examples'. Transactions of Architectural and Archaeological
Society of Durham and Northumberland, new series V, 91-96.

Listing NGR: NZ2650643400

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454035

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)