CROWN COURT
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1322878
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Mar-1988
- Statutory Address:
- CROWN COURT, OLD ELVET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CROWN COURT, OLD ELVET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 27845 42203
Details
DURHW AND FRAMWELLGATE OLD ELVET
NZ 2742 SE (South side)
Crown Court (formerly
15/308 listed as Assize Courts
6/5/52 in Court Lane
GV II*
Crown Courts. Circa 1811 by George Moneypenny and Ignatius Bonomi; interior
altered c.1870 bv W. Crozier. Sandstone ashlar; graduated Lakeland slate roof
on main block, Welsh slate on wings. Centre block and flanking wings. Italianate
style. 2-storey, 7-bay main block with pedimented projecting 3-bay centre, and
end bays breaking forward. 4 giant engaged Tuscan columns define the centre.
3 part-glazed, studded 6-panel double doors in architraves in banded rusticated
ground floor. Margined casements, cross in taller first floor, with upper lights
altered, those in outer bays in 2-storey recesses. First-floor centre windows
have wrought-iron guards. Top entablature and blocking course. Central chamfered
square clock tower with deep cornice and leaded dome. Tall, single-storey, 3-bay
wings with projecting banded centre bay forming voussoirs to tall carriage arches
with lattice barred tympana above continuous stone impost bands. Small casements
next to centre block, otherwise blank with parapet above eaves band. Very tall
arcaded and deeply-corniced chimneys above inner bays. 4 steps to central
entrance terrace with wrought- and cast-iron side rails and stone corner piers
with lampholders.
Rear elevation shows tall bowed courtroom exterior with classical detail.
Listing NGR: NZ2784542203
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110360
- 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.
End of official listing
