Main Block, College of St Cuthbert, Ushaw 2000


Main Block, College of St Cuthbert 2000


Main Block, College of St Cuthbert 2006


Main Block, College of St Cuthbert - frontage detail 2006

Roman Catholic seminary built 1808 and progressively expanded throughout the 19th century. North, south and east ranges 1804-8, probably by James Taylor of Islington, with amendments and supervision by William Bell of Newcastle; west range 1812-17 in same style. Circa 1837-40 alterations and additions including entrance hall and staircase, mostly by 'Mr. Green of Newcastle'; west range professors' dining room Gothicised 1854-6 and stair turret added in 1856 by Edward Welby Pugin. North range refectory Gothicised 1846 by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, extended 1873, roof raised to add dormitory 1901-2 by Peter Paul Pugin; former chapel altered to hall and Gothicised 1848 by Joseph Hansom and east extension added by 1890 by Peter Paul Pugin. South range top dormitory storey added 1905-7 by S.P. Powell and door altered 1908. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings; roofs of graduated Lakeland slate. 4 ranges round quadrangle.

Several chapels were added from the middle of the century by Pugin and his descendants, and also by Dunn and Hansom, including a cloister, sacristy and ancillary spaces. Ball courts and racquet houses were added to the east in 1850, designed by Joseph Hansom, and the library was added in 1851 by J and C Hansom.