Church of St Cuthbert and Presbytery Attached
CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT AND PRESBYTERY ATTACHED, OLD ELVET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1160512
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Cuthbert and Presbytery Attached
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT AND PRESBYTERY ATTACHED, OLD ELVET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1160512
- Date first listed:
- 10-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Cuthbert and Presbytery Attached
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT AND PRESBYTERY ATTACHED, OLD ELVET
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 CUTHBERT AND PRESBYTERY ATTACHED, OLD ELVET
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 27785 42273
Details
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE OLD ELVET
NZ 2742 SE (South side, off)
15/307 Church of St Cuthbert
and presbytery attached
GV
II
Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery. 1826-27 with west tower and north-east
Lady Chapel added in 1869. Designed by Ignatius Bonomi. Church of worn
sandstone ashlar, presbytery of snecked sandstone, both with slate roofs and
rubble rear walls. Church Perpendicular style: nave, tower, short sanctuary,
with northern Lady Chapel. Tower of 3 stepped stages with hollow-chamfered and
moulded Tudor-arched west door with large flat-headed, traceried windows above
and small single bell openings in top stage. Corbelled parapet and pyramidal
roof with painted finial and vane. 4-bay nave with stepped buttress bay
divisions and west angle buttresses; north side plain with entrance in 3rd
bay. South side has paired, tall, pointed, traceried, transomed windows but
for westernmost bay which has a slit window below the gallery. All windows
under hoodmoulds. Projecting sanctuary bay on south side entirely filled by
large 4-light, square-headed, traceried transomed window; pent extruded, porch
below with Gothic glazed windows. Parapet with roll mouldings continuous above
3-storeyed, 2-bay presbytery to south-east: Chamfered cross casements on ground
and first-floor; projecting 2-storey canted bay on south front.
Church interior has west gallery and sanctuary panelled with traceried, Gothic
woodwork with pierced parapets to side boxes, rood and reredos. The Lady Chapel
has stencilled dado and east window by H.M. Bennett of Newcastle. Carved marble
mensa and carved stone font; repewed in C20. 4th bay from east on south side of
nave has 4-light window by Harry Clarke. Interior of Presbytery not inspected
but probably has older core.
Listing NGR: NZ2778542273
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110359
- 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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