University Department Of Philosophy is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1962. University building. 2 related planning applications.

University Department Of Philosophy

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1962
Type
University building
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The University Department of Philosophy consists of two houses located at Nos. 50 and 51 Old Elvet in Durham, with No. 50 dating from the mid to late 18th century and No. 51 from the early to mid 19th century. Both buildings are finished in stucco with a stone plinth and feature Welsh slate roofs and brick chimneys.

No. 50 has three storeys and an attic, with two wide and irregular bays. It includes an arched passage entrance on the right, next to a six-panel door set in an architrave beneath a fanlight and an open pediment. To the left, there is a two-storey bow with a parapet top. The other windows are single and are early 20th-century replacements, featuring upper glazing bars and stone sills. The building has end chimneys and an inserted gabled dormer.

No. 51 has a four-panel door with an overlight in an architrave on the left side. It features two 12-pane sash windows in boxes with stone sills on each floor. The roof is low-pitched with no visible chimneys.

The interior of No. 50 is reported to have a late 18th-century open-string dogleg staircase with a ramped handrail supported by stick balusters.

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