Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE PALACE GREEN
NZ 2742 SW (East side)

14/364 Abbey House
6/5/52 (Department of Theology)

GV II

House, now university department. Includes former Abbey Cottage, Dun Cow
Lane. Late C17 early/18 century, incorporating earlier fragments. Sandstone
ashlar front, rendered right return to Dun Cow Lane and brick rear and left
gables; Welsh slate roof with brick chimney and stone right gable coping.
Basement, 3 storeys and attics; 5 bays. Central 6-panel door in stone architrave;
3-pane overlight under cornice resting on paired carved brackets. Flat stone
lintels and flat stone sills to renewed sashes with glazing bars in wide boxes.
Parapet has cyma-moulded coping. Left return has shaped gable with brick coping
and end chimney; right return has earlier stone wall revealed with round-headed
blocked door; irregular-block right jamb. Shaped rear gable has pilastered
chimney.

Interior: panelled entrance hall dado with ramped rail; similar dado on stair,
with 2 column balusters per tread and fluted rectangular newels, the topmost
with leaf-carved panel, supporting ramped grip handrail. Block tread ends.
Main ground-floor room panelled. Rear brick addition not of interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2742542191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414565

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)