Church Of St Cuthbert And Presbytery Attached

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE OLD ELVET NZ 2742 SE (South side, off)

15/307 Church of St Cuthbert and presbytery attached

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Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery. 1826-27 with west tower and north-east Lady Chapel added in 1869. Designed by Ignatius Bonomi. Church of worn sandstone ashlar, presbytery of snecked sandstone, both with slate roofs and rubble rear walls. Church Perpendicular style: nave, tower, short sanctuary, with northern Lady Chapel. Tower of 3 stepped stages with hollow-chamfered and moulded Tudor-arched west door with large flat-headed, traceried windows above and small single bell openings in top stage. Corbelled parapet and pyramidal roof with painted finial and vane. 4-bay nave with stepped buttress bay divisions and west angle buttresses; north side plain with entrance in 3rd bay. South side has paired, tall, pointed, traceried, transomed windows but for westernmost bay which has a slit window below the gallery. All windows under hoodmoulds. Projecting sanctuary bay on south side entirely filled by large 4-light, square-headed, traceried transomed window; pent extruded, porch below with Gothic glazed windows. Parapet with roll mouldings continuous above 3-storeyed, 2-bay presbytery to south-east: Chamfered cross casements on ground and first-floor; projecting 2-storey canted bay on south front.

Church interior has west gallery and sanctuary panelled with traceried, Gothic woodwork with pierced parapets to side boxes, rood and reredos. The Lady Chapel has stencilled dado and east window by H.M. Bennett of Newcastle. Carved marble mensa and carved stone font; repewed in C20. 4th bay from east on south side of nave has 4-light window by Harry Clarke. Interior of Presbytery not inspected but probably has older core.

Listing NGR: NZ2778542273