St John'S College is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. College. 8 related planning applications.
St John'S College
- WRENN ID
- brooding-stronghold-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- College
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE SOUTH BAILEY NZ 2741 NW (East side)
16/420 No. 3 6/5/52 (St. John's College)
GV II*
House, now college. Early C18. Sandstone ashlar; roof not visible; brick chimneys. Basement and 3 storeys, 7 bays, the central 3 projecting. 6 steps and terrace to central renewed double door under large hood on carved brackets. Channelled rustication throughout; keyed voussoirs over sash windows with glazing bars. Cyma-moulded coping on basement plinth; prominent second-floor cornice; parapet with roll moulding below flat top. Hipped roof. Spear-headed area railings and plain handrails.
Interior: panelled hall with high-quality open-string stair which has ramped grip handrail on slender Doric balusters with bud plinths, and fluted Corinthian newels; delicately-carved tread ends; one curved flight and wide upper gallery. 6-panelled doors in architraves with deep reveals. Ceiling has dentilled cornice and central leaf rosette with encircling oak leaves. Originally the town house of the Eden family.
Listing NGR: NZ2741841990
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