Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE OLD ELVET
NZ 2742 SE (South side, off)

15/307 Church of St Cuthbert
and presbytery attached

GV

II

Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery. 1826-27 with west tower and north-east
Lady Chapel added in 1869. Designed by Ignatius Bonomi. Church of worn
sandstone ashlar, presbytery of snecked sandstone, both with slate roofs and
rubble rear walls. Church Perpendicular style: nave, tower, short sanctuary,
with northern Lady Chapel. Tower of 3 stepped stages with hollow-chamfered and
moulded Tudor-arched west door with large flat-headed, traceried windows above
and small single bell openings in top stage. Corbelled parapet and pyramidal
roof with painted finial and vane. 4-bay nave with stepped buttress bay
divisions and west angle buttresses; north side plain with entrance in 3rd
bay. South side has paired, tall, pointed, traceried, transomed windows but
for westernmost bay which has a slit window below the gallery. All windows
under hoodmoulds. Projecting sanctuary bay on south side entirely filled by
large 4-light, square-headed, traceried transomed window; pent extruded, porch
below with Gothic glazed windows. Parapet with roll mouldings continuous above
3-storeyed, 2-bay presbytery to south-east: Chamfered cross casements on ground
and first-floor; projecting 2-storey canted bay on south front.

Church interior has west gallery and sanctuary panelled with traceried, Gothic
woodwork with pierced parapets to side boxes, rood and reredos. The Lady Chapel
has stencilled dado and east window by H.M. Bennett of Newcastle. Carved marble
mensa and carved stone font; repewed in C20. 4th bay from east on south side of
nave has 4-light window by Harry Clarke. Interior of Presbytery not inspected
but probably has older core.

Listing NGR: NZ2778542273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Cuthbert's Church, Durham at Wikipedia
• St Cuthbert's Church, Durham official website
• Wikidata Q15979333

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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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)