Pemberton Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. University building. 1 related planning application.
Pemberton Buildings
- WRENN ID
- former-joist-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- University building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 2742 SW 14/363
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE PALACE GREEN (East side) Pemberton Buildings
GV II University union and lecture rooms. Dated 1929 on rainwater heads; by W.D. Caröe. Snecked stone with ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof. Double-span. Tudor and C17 styles.
Three storey, one bay tower at left; two storeys, six bays at right. Entrance tower has four-leaf door in Tudor arch; square surround has carved spandrels, raised central panel with University arms flanked by carved bands. Four lights in panel above with cornice and carved cresting; obelisk finials on flanking pilasters. Shallow three-light canted window in set-back top storey under battlemented parapet.
Six bay section has ashlar ground floor; bays two and five project under gabled dormers and have two-light mullioned and transomed ground floor and tall first floor windows with two transoms. Similar style windows fill other bays, those on first floor without transoms and set back between Tuscan half- and quarter-columns, supporting cyma-moulded cornice. All windows leaded casements. Right return has two shaped gables and dated rainwater heads.
Included for group value.
Listing NGR: NZ2741742210
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