Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE MARKET PLACE NZ 2742 NW (West side)

9/233 Shop with Art Gallery over to North of Town Hall entrance

GV II

Shop and art gallery. 1852 by P.C. Hardwick. Gallery known as Burlison Art Gallery from 1899 bequest. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; roof of large Welsh slates. Tudor style. 2 storeys and attics, 3 bays. Tudor-arched entrance at left to covered market. 3 windows of shop at right have chamfered 2-centred-arched surrounds. Stone mullioned-and-transomed windows on upper floors, 2-light over arched entrance and 3-light over windows, have relieving arches; half-dormers contain 3-light windows under gables with fleur-de-lis finials. Tall, stone-coped polygonal ridge chimneys.

Interior of gallery reached from Town Hall (q.v.) hessian-covered walls and panelled ceiling with diagonal boards; painted stone-hooded chimney piece with carved spandrels; linen-fold carving on large door with carved spandrels and pineapple finials.

Listing NGR: NZ2739442575

External Links

• Wikidata Q26413858

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)