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Walls, piers, gates and railings to King James I Academy

A Grade II Listed Building in Bishop Auckland, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.659 / 54°39'32"N

Longitude: -1.6719 / 1°40'18"W

OS Eastings: 421265

OS Northings: 529377

OS Grid: NZ212293

Mapcode National: GBR JGRK.VN

Mapcode Global: WHC58.9534

Plus Code: 9C6WM85H+J7

Entry Name: Walls, piers, gates and railings to King James I Academy

Listing Date: 23 May 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1291998

English Heritage Legacy ID: 385753

ID on this website: 101291998

Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Bishop Auckland

Built-Up Area: Bishop Auckland

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Bishop Auckland

Church of England Diocese: Durham

Tagged with: Wall

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21June 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

NZ22NW
634-1/5/120

BISHOP AUCKLAND
SOUTH CHURCH ROAD (East side)
Walls, piers, gates and railings to King James I Academy

(Formerly listed as Walls, piers, gates and railings to King James I School)

GV
II

Walls, piers, railings and gate to lodge and drive of Bishop Auckland Girls' Grammar school, now King James I Comprehensive School (qv).

1910. For Durham County Council. Coursed squared stone walls with ashlar coping, and wrought-iron railings and gate. Low walls with flat stone coping run along front of garden to lodge and continue to entrance to drive. Tall square piers of coursed squared stone, at either end of lodge garden, at drive entrance, and terminating entrance wall to south, have ashlar plinth and flat stone coping. Drive entrance piers are set diagonally and have corniced coping with stone ball finials. Railings linking piers are in sections with ramped top rail divided by lattice panels. Gate to lodge has posts in lattice work and lower part of gate has cross bracing.

Listing NGR: NZ2126529377

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