Church of St Margaret of Antioch
CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, CROSSGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1159741
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, CROSSGATE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1159741
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Margaret of Antioch
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, CROSSGATE
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:
- CHURCH OF ST MARGARET OF ANTIOCH, CROSSGATE
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 27121 42405
Details
NZ 2742 SW,
14/108
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE,
CROSSGATE (South side)
Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
06/05/52
GV
I
Parish church. C12, C14 and C15 with C19 widening of north aisle and other
alterations. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; C19 work coursed
squared sandstone and ashlar. Roof concealed by parapets. Stone-flagged roofs
to porches. West tower with south-east stair turret; aisled nave and chancel;
north and south porches; north vestry. 3-stage tower has three offsets; 2-light
2-centred west window; small square chamfered windows in second stage on north
and south sides; elliptical-headed 2-light belfry openings; renewed battlements
and large corner pinnacles. Porches, the north C19 and the south with C19 front,
have Tudor-arched doors in moulded surrounds under gables; statue of St. Margaret
in niche on north. 2-light Perpendicular-traceried windows in north aisle;
2-light Decorated windows in south nave aisle under renewed 4-centred-arched
2-light clerestory windows; 2-light square-headed windows in chancel clerestory
above Perpendicular aisle windows. C19 east window and east aisle window of five
and three lights; small cusped lancet east window in vestry. North aisle west window
of two arched lights resited from east end. One small round-headed window in west
bay of south clerestory.
INTERIOR: painted plaster with ashlar dressings; roof has moulded tie beams on
brackets; short king posts. 4-bay arcades, the south lower, with round columns;
scalloped capitals on south, except easternmost which has stiff-leaf with face,
and chamfered arches; the north has taller columns supporting round arches of two
orders under dripmould. Slightly misshapen round chancel arch of two orders, the
inner shafted and the outer without capitals. South chancel aisle has very wide
arch of three hollow chamfers, the north a lower arch of two orders, both without
capitals. C12 window in north chancel. Two aumbrys on north. Tower has
quadripartite vault and high 2-centred arch. Memorials include large slab with
eroded coat of arms to Sir John Duck Bart, and members of his family to 1695.
Listing NGR: NZ2712042408
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110157
- 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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