Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE

NZ 2742 SE
15/337
19/10/62

OLD ELVET
(North side)
No. 52

GV
II

House of early C19 appearance but much worked over in C20. Mottled pinkish
brick in Flemish bond. Stone plinth, alternating quoins and other dressings.
Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 3 storeys, 4 bays. 6-panel door and
overlight in modified pilaster-and-entablature surround in 2nd bay. Sash
windows with glazing bars and stone sills (bracketed on lower floors) in
architraves on ground floor, with corniced stone lintels on first floor and
plain lintels above. External louvred shutters on upper floors. First-floor
sill band; stone modillioned eaves cornice and blocking course. End chimneys,
and a stone-corniced ridge stack.

Interior. reported to have open well closed-string stair with high grip
handrail.

Source: F.F. Johnson. Historic Staircases in Durham City Durham 1970

Listing NGR: NZ2773642360

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414591

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability