96 And 97, Elvet Bridge

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE ELVET BRIDGE NZ2742SE (South side)

15/146 Nos. 96 and 97 6.5.52. GV II

2 houses, now shop. C17 and early C18 on site of medieval chapel of St. Andrew, part of which may be incorporated in fabric. Painted render; rear brick on sandstone rubble; roof of French tiles. First house at left 3 storeys, one bay: renewed shop has central door and plain fascia. Central late C19 sash on first floor; small sash with glazing bars on second floor at right of centre. Right gable has rendered external chimney stack renewed in brick at upper part with rendered coping.

Second house: 2 storeys, one bay and one-storey one-bay section at right, Shaped gable over first bay with plain shop window and first-floor late C19 sash; plain shop window in second bay. Right return and rear have sand- stone lower courses, corbelled out over bridge cutwater now on land, support- ing brick corbelling and rear of house with brick floor-level band.

Interior has substantial beams, transverse over left shop.

Listing NGR: NZ2756842398