Durham Prison Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Chapel.
Durham Prison Chapel
- WRENN ID
- strange-balcony-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE OLD ELVET NZ 2742 SE (South side, off)
15/314 Durham Prison Chapel
GV II
Prison chapel. Probably circa 1840, by Bonomi and Cory. Coursed squared sandstone with rendered plinth and ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof has stone gable coping. One storey, 5 bays. Flat stone lintels to boarded doors in first and last bays. Round-arched windows have renewed glazing under stepped voussoirs. Right return has Venetian east window with coloured cross and roundel with head of Christ in painted glass; raised stone surround. All windows have prominent projecting stone sills. Gutter corbels. Roof has 2 conical ridge vents; gable coping has roll finials.
Interior: 11 bays between laminated wood arches of 4 leaves, bolted and tied with metal rods and straps to eaves, and resting on moulded stone corbels at mid-wall height. Similar corbels support west gallery roof which also rests on 2 cast iron narrow columns with decorative capitals. Panelled west vestibule has pierced cross decoration.
2-storey left extension with hipped roof in same materials.
One-storey left extension not of interest.
Listing NGR: NZ2784042159
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