Department Of Palaeography And Diplomatic is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
Department Of Palaeography And Diplomatic
- WRENN ID
- spare-quoin-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE THE COLLEGE NZ 2741 NW (West side)
16/81 No. 5 (Department of 6/5/52 Palaeography and Diplomatic) (formerly listed as the Song School)
GV II
House, now university department. Possibly medieval fabric; early C19 refenestration and internal alterations. Sandstone, eroded and partly obscured by mortar, with some quoins and brick insertions; ashlar dressings in brick parts; Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys. L-plan. Basement, and 3 storeys; 3 bays in left projecting part and 4 bays at right. Steps up to Tuscan doorcase, with 6-panel door, in first of set-back bays. Sash windows with fine glazing bars have flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Snecked sandstone parapet has flat stone coping. Hipped roofs.
Interior: 6-panel doors with fine beads on panels, window shutters, moulded cornices in some rooms. Open-string stair has shaped tread ends, wreathed handrail, curtail, square balusters. Barrel-vaulted rear basement.
Listing NGR: NZ2737241982
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