Department Of Palaeography And Diplomatic

The Department of Palaeography and Diplomatic is a house that now serves as a university department. It may have medieval elements, with early 19th century changes to the windows and interior. The building is made of sandstone, which is eroded and partly covered by mortar, featuring some quoins and brick insertions, along with ashlar dressings in the brick sections. It has a Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys and is designed in an L-plan. The structure includes a basement and three storeys, with three bays in the left projecting part and four bays on the right. There are steps leading up to a Tuscan doorcase that contains a six-panel door, located in the first of the set-back bays. The sash windows, which have fine glazing bars, are topped with flat stone lintels and have projecting stone sills. The snecked sandstone parapet features flat stone coping, and the roofs are hipped.

Inside, there are six-panel doors with fine beads on the panels, window shutters, and moulded cornices in some rooms. The open-string staircase has shaped tread ends, a wreathed handrail, a curtail, and square balusters. The rear basement has a barrel-vaulted ceiling.