CHORISTER SCHOOL, 9, THE COLLEGE - Durham - List Entry

  • Description

    Prebendal house, now school. Medieval with C17 and C18 alterations. Sandstone rubble with ashlar plinth and dressings, rendered in Parker's Roman cement; roof of graduated Lakeland slate. Gothic revival style. L-plan. Main house: 3 storeys, 5 windows and end projecting towers. Central Tudor-arched open porch has roll-moulded parapet with raised centre panel containing arms of Bishop Lord Crewe. Panelled double door and Gothic overlight. Ground-floor Tudor-arched and upper square-headed 2-light windows have Gothic tracery and glazing bars in raised, chamfered surrounds under dripmoulds. Lancets in towers also have raised stone surrounds; slits at top of towers. Parapets, battlemented between towers.....
  • Owner

    Historic England
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1159555
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 week, 2 days ago
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