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Trevelyan College, including Sir James Knott Hall, Elvet Hill Road, Durham University

Extension, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021
Extension, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021

Landscaping, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021
Landscaping, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021

Core structures, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021
Core structures, Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill Road, Durham 21/11/2021
This college dates back to 1965-7. Its architect was Stillman and Eastwick-Field. It was expanded in 1982-3 and 1989-91. A meeting hall (the Sir James Knott Hall) was added in 1972-3 (1).

The college had its roots as an all-women's college, being the last purpose-built all-women's college to be built for a British University. Men were first admitted in 1992. The college gets its name from the George Macaulay Trevelyan a historian and Chancellor of Durham University from 1950 to 1957 (2).

This site was added to the Local List on 13th November 2023.

D70661
13/11/2023
Late 20th Century (1967 to 2000)
Cold War (1946 to 1991)


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