Counts House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Summer house.

Counts House

WRENN ID: waiting-garret-soot
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: County Durham
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 May 1952
Type: Summer house
Source: Historic England listing

Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE THE BANKS NZ 2741 NW (Left bank of River Wear)

16/31 Count's House 6/5/52 GV II

Summer house. Circa 1810. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar portico; stone-flagged roof. Greek Doric style. One storey, one bay. Tetrastyle portico has dentilled pediment; flat stone lintels over empty central door and flanking windows. Interior has stone-flagged floor; roof of king and queen post trusses. Historical note; named because mistaken for a house now demolished, which was lived in by 'Count' Boruwlaski, a Polish dwarf, at the end of the C18, in the grounds of No. 12 South Bailey.

Listing NGR: NZ2729641772

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