Durham Prison Officer'S Club (The Tithe Barn)

The Durham Prison Officer's Club, also known as The Tithe Barn, is a medieval barn that is now part of a club. It is associated with the Durham Priory farm. The building features a ground floor made of sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, some of which have been renewed. Above this, there is a partly renewed timber frame with brick nogging. The roof is covered with pantiles and has two rows of stone slates at the eaves.

The structure is two storeys high and consists of two bays. The gable facing the street has an elliptical-arched vehicle entrance, and the upper part is close-studded on a bressumar. On the right side, which is on rising ground, there are steps leading up to a door in the second bay of the close-studded upper floor. There is a window on the left that has an inserted ventilator, and the roof is hipped with bargeboarded gablets.

Inside, the walls are covered with painted plaster. The roof features two top-chamfered, slightly-arched tie beams with arch braces supported by jowled posts, and the scout principals are tenoned into the ties, displaying carpenter's marks. The upper part of the roof has been ceiled over.