Description

BELMONT PROVIDENCE ROW NZ 24 SE (North end, off) Durham City 6/16 Building attached to Kepier Hospital Gateway

GV II*

Farm buildings incorporating parts of Kepier hospital. Medieval with mostly C19 alterations and additions. Sandstone rubble with quoins and ashlar dressings; brick patching and insertions of various dates and types. Roofs Welsh slate and pantiles. Range at west of hospital, extending northwards from gatehouse. East elevation: one-storey, 2-bay part continuous with ground floor of gatehouse; 2-storey, one-bay, set-back section on falling ground; slightly lower 2-storey, 8-bay part; 11 bays in all. First bay old brick, with C19 boarded door; second bay rubble, with right end quoins, has pointed- arched head of unknown function at ground level, partly obscured by mound; blocked square opening above. Third (set-back) bay has blocked doors on both floors. Other bays under lower roof have C19 doors and windows, some blocked and some boarded up, with timber resembling feet of upper crucks visible in first floor. Roof has 4 small skylights at right end of higher part; pantiles on 3 right end bays. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: NZ2821143280

External Links

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)