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© Mr Alan Bradley LRPS
IoE Number:
385606
Location:
DEER SHELTER IN AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK, AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK
BISHOP AUCKLAND, WEAR VALLEY, DURHAM
Photographer:
Mr Alan Bradley LRPS
Date Photographed:
31 May 2002
Date listed:
21 April 1952
Date of last amendment:
21 April 1952
Grade
I
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BISHOP AUCKLAND
NZ2130 AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK
634-1/8/94 Deer shelter in Auckland Castle Park
21/04/52
GV I
Deer shelter. c1760. For Bishop Richard Trevor. Coursed
squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Roof missing. Gothick
style.
Rectangular enclosure formed by arcaded walks with solid walls
on inside, arched entrance at north-east and tower at
south-west. Outer walls have pointed arches, 15 on each long
side, with voussoirs resting on impost mouldings of square
piers. Crocketed pinnacles on diagonal corner buttresses and
on piers flanking entrance arch. 2-stage tower flanked by 6
arches each side has canted battlemented ground-floor
projection with pointed arched windows, glazing missing. Blind
cross slits above arcades, and on gateway and tower. First
floor has blind quatrefoils. North-west passage has opening on
inner face to central enclosure. Passages have internal cross
arches at corners, with some brick patching.