The Grove (Durham School Bursar'S Office And Common Room) is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. House.

The Grove (Durham School Bursar'S Office And Common Room)

WRENN ID
cold-chamber-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1952
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE QUARRYHEADS LANE NZ 24 SE and NZ 2642 SE (East side)

4 and 13/380 The Grove (Durham 6/5/52 School Bursar's office and Common Room)

GV II

House, now part of school. C17 and C18. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; rear wing rubble below, brick above. Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings; fishscale pattern on rear wing; brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central renewed door in C19 gabled porch has surround of chamfered keyed voussoirs and alternate-block jambs. Similar surrounds to first floor windows with projecting stone sills; all sashes, 2 with glazing bars; ground floor projecting square bays inserted. Roof has moulded kneelers and 3 ridge chimneys. Rear wing has steeply-pitched roof.

Historical note: the home of the actor Stephen Kemble in the early C19.

Listing NGR: NZ2696341993

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