Counts House
COUNTS HOUSE, THE BANKS (LEFT BANK OF RIVER WEAR)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159209
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Counts House
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTS HOUSE, THE BANKS (LEFT BANK OF RIVER WEAR)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159209
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Counts House
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTS HOUSE, THE BANKS (LEFT BANK OF RIVER WEAR)
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTS HOUSE, THE BANKS (LEFT BANK OF RIVER WEAR)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- City of Durham
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 27296 41772
Details
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE THE BANKS NZ 2741 NW (Left bank of River Wear)
16/31 Count's House 6/5/52 GV II
Summer house. Circa 1810. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar portico; stone-flagged roof. Greek Doric style. One storey, one bay. Tetrastyle portico has dentilled pediment; flat stone lintels over empty central door and flanking windows. Interior has stone-flagged floor; roof of king and queen post trusses. Historical note; named because mistaken for a house now demolished, which was lived in by 'Count' Boruwlaski, a Polish dwarf, at the end of the C18, in the grounds of No. 12 South Bailey.
Listing NGR: NZ2729641772
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110079
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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