Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE GILESGATE
NZ 2742 NE (South side)

10/193 Nos. 216 and 217
30.4.71
GV II

House. Mid C18 with possibly C17 structure incorporated in rear wing. Painted
stucco with painted ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings
and rendered chimney. L-plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Renewed sashes, the central
wider, with glazing bars and projecting stone sills; those on ground floor in
architraves. Right return to Ravensworth Terrace has 6-panelled door and
fanlight with glazing bars, flanked by panelled pilasters, recessed in wide
round-headed opening. Steeply-pitched roof has chimney on right gable at rear.
Interior shows stair with wide ramped grip handrail on vase balusters; many
6-panelled doors in deep panelled reveals; some 2-panelled with H hinges.
Rear wing has closely-spaced massive first-floor joists of irregular shape;
visible parts of roof trusses are also massive, irregular and pegged.

Listing NGR: NZ2782042705

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26413843

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5