Chorister School, Durham

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    Medieval with C17th and C18th alterations. Prebendal house, now school. Sandstone rubble with ashlar plinth and dressings, rendered in Parker's Roman cement. 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 drip moulds. Lancets in towers also have raised stone surrounds; slits at top of towers. Parapets, battlemented between towers. The Chorister School is an independent school for children between three and thirteen years and has been established at Durham Cathedral for over 600 years. The curriculum has a particular speciality in music.

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    What does this mean? All Rights Reserved (Seek permission to reuse)

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    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/52141631@N08/48203405067/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 week, 2 days ago
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    Picture Taken: 2019-05-20T14:48:52

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