Houghton Hall Young Mens Christian Association

NZ34NW HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING HALL LANE (east side) 7/46 Houghton-le-Spring Houghton all (Y.M.C.A.) (formerly listed as Houghton 26.4.50 Hall or Old Hall House under G.V. Church Street)

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Manor house, now club. Early C17. Limestone rubble with sandstone dressings. Nearly square plan. 3 storeys, 4 windows and 3 in returns. Ground and first floor windows 4-light, second floor 3-light, mullioned, in chamfered surrounds under label moulds. Door in third bay in flattened Tudor arch and chamfered surround with lozenge stops; high triangular panel over surround contains almond-shaped window. Similar doors in returns have moulding defining the pediment. Stone quoins and renewed ashlar parapet. Interior: main room ground floor has arcaded panelling, cornice, pilastered chimney piece. Architraves throughout; well stair balusters enclosed in hardboard, broad ramped handrail and square newel posts. Plaster: motifs of fleur-de-lis and rose on stair wall; rinceau frieze in principal 2nd floor room; highly decorated coved stair-well ceiling with sunburst centre panel. Source: Mackenzie and Ross View of the County Palatine of Durham; Newcastle 1834; p.354.

Listing NGR: NZ3443649814