Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE NORTH ROAD
NZ 24 SE
4/285 Railway viaduct and
19.2.70 drinking fountain
attached (formerly
listed as Durham Viaduct)

GV II*

Railway viaduct and fountain. Viaduct 1857 probably by TE Harrison for North Eastern Railway Co;
fountain dated 186 and illegible digit. Rock-faced sandstone viaduct with
ashlar dressings; brick soffits. Fountain sandstone with grey granite back
plate and pink granite shafts. Viaduct: 100 ft. high; 11 arches. Tapered
piers with coped plinths support round arches; continuous drip string.
Parapet altered except over end piers, where it is flat-coped.

Gothic-style fountain on south face of pier to west of North Road has shouldered
surround enclosing small 2-centred arch at base. Shafts above support gabled
canopy with nail-head moulding and containing scroll with illegibel inscription
and date. Stepped gabled surround has blind trefoils under each step; crocketed
coping.

Listing NGR: NZ2680242570

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Durham Viaduct at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17536853

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair