Reference code: GB-0033-ADD-863
Title: Durham University Library Additional Manuscripts 863: Durham Castle archaeological plans
Dates of creation: 1986-1994
Extent: 32 plans
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Martin Leyland
Language:
English
Plans and drawings of Durham Castle, drawn by Martin Leyland.
The deposit is mainly of plans drawn up for archaeological investigations in the Castle at Durham. The two exceptions are 863/3, a plan of the city defences, and 863/32, a section
of a trench cut at the back of Bailey Court and to the east of the Almshouses.
Some plans are in pencil, some have been drawn up in ink, a few are in both versions.
Scales are on the drawings where applicable. The list below, compiled from information supplied by Martin Leyland, gives the dates of the drawings' creation, where known. Most of these drawings were either executed for an undergraduate
dissertation in 1986 or for a Ph.D thesis submitted in 1994.
Presented by Martin Leyland, 21 April 1994 (accession Misc. 1993/94:13). Other drawings are lodged at the section of Durham University Library's Archives and Special Collections at No. 5 The College, the County Record Office at County Hall and
some remain with Dr. Leyland.
All plans are rolled and stored in NSR Planfile B, bottom shelves.
Catalogue of Durham University Library Additional Manuscripts
Add. MSS. 863/1-32Add. MSS. 863/1 1994
North-South and East-West sections across the Courtyard, Durham Castle (Not to scale). Drawn January 1994.
Title on plan: “Elevation 2. North - South section of Inner Bailey”.
Add. MSS. 863/2 1993
Elevation of the Undercroft arcade. Drawn December 1993.
The fabric above the arches and at the top of the wall was not drawn. Title on plan: “Durham Castle elevation 11: undercroft arcade”.
Add. MSS. 863/3 1993
Plan of the city defences. This is based on the general map issued to tourists with modifications as appropriate. It is not based on any particular period of the city's history and is rather a conglomerate. Drawn December 1993.
Title on plan:
“Durham Castle plan R: the outer bailey and peninsula defences”.
Add. MSS. 863/4 1993
Elevation of the relieving arcade at the base of the North Hall of the Castle on the south side of that Hall. The drawing is only of part of the west end of the arcade. Drawn December 1993.
Title on plan: “Durham
Castle elevation 14: relieving arcade at the base of the South wall of the North Hall”.
Add. MSS. 863/5 1993
Elevation of the Undercroft west wall. Drawn December 1993.
The drawing is only of part of the wall. Title on plan: “Durham Castle elevation 10: undercroft west wall”.
Add. MSS. 863/6 1993
The same as 863/5 but the original pencil drawing. Title on plan:
“Durham Castle Undercroft W Wall”.
Add. MSS. 863/7 1994
Elevation of the base of the Norman doorway on the Tunstall Gallery, West side. The original drawing was 863/13. This elevation was produced by concatenating the various sections into one drawing as though drawn from one perspective. Drawn
January 1994.
Add. MSS. 863/8 1994
Suggested 3-D reconstruction of the North Hall, lower floor, in the twelfth century. Drawn February 1994.
Add. MSS. 863/9 1994
The same - the upper floor. Drawn February 1994.
Add. MSS. 863/10 1994
Suggested alternative reconstruction of the North Hall in the twelfth Century, showing a vertical division. Drawn February 1994.
Add. MSS. 863/11 1993
Original pencil elevation of the north wall of the Senate Room and the Junction buildings. Drawn April 1993 in conjunction with stone replacement in this section of the Castle.
Add. MSS. 863/12 1994
Plan of Durham Castle. Drawn January 1994. Adapted and modified from the Jones plan (printed in the
V.C.H. ). Title on plan: “Durham Castle main plan. Plan A: Inner Bailey”.
Add. MSS. 863/13 1989
Exploded elevation of the base of the Norman doorway on the Tunstall Gallery, west side. Original drawing done in ?1989 in conjunction with conservation work on the doorway.
Add. MSS. 863/14 1986
Plan of surviving features under Senate Room and Lobby. Drawn 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Add. MSS. 863/15 1986
Plan of the Norman Chapel and surviving wall now under the floor of the Lower Tunstall Gallery. Drawn 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Add. MSS. 863/16 1986
Plan showing details of archaeological remains under the Senate Room Lobby. Drawn 1986 for undergraduate dissertation. Title on plan:
“Durham Castle. Area 1a”.
Add. MSS. 863/17 199
Elevation of the west wall of the Norman Chapel. Drawn in 1986 for undergraduate dissertation. Title on plan:
“Durham Castle Norman Chapel West Wall elevation”.
Add. MSS. 863/18 1993
Elevation of the relieving arcade at the base of the North Hall on the south side. Original pencil drawing of December 1993.
Add. MSS. 863/19 1993
Elevation of the Undercroft Arcade. Original of 863/2, drawn December 1993.
Add. MSS. 863/20 1993
Pencil Plan of Durham Castle, drawn November 1993.
Add. MSS. 863/21 1986
Elevation of the north wall of the Norman Chapel. Drawn in 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Title on plan: “Durham Castle Norman Chapel North Wall Elevation”.
Add. MSS. 863/22 1986
Plan of surviving features under the Senate Room floor and also the archaeological remains under the Lobby floor to the west of the Norman Chapel. Drawn 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Add. MSS. 863/23 1986
Plan of Norman Chapel Floor drawn in 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Add. MSS. 863/24 1990
Plan of Durham Castle adapted from Jones Plan.
Add. MSS. 863/25 1990's
Plan of remains below Lower Tunstall Gallery floor. This is adapted from the earlier drawings made in 1933 during the work of underpinning the North Hall.
Add. MSS. 863/26 1992
Plan of the south end of the Undercroft Bar made at the time of the alterations to the cellar - 26/11/1992.
Title on plan: “Durham Castle Undercroft bar & cellar”.
Add. MSS. 863/27 1992
Plan of the Undercroft Bar cellar made at the time of the alterations - 26/11/1992.
Title on plan: “Durham Castle Undercroft Cellar”.
Add. MSS. 863/28 1986
Elevation of the west wall of the Chapel - pencil original. Drawn 1986 for undergraduate dissertation.
Title on plan: “Durham Castle. Norman chapel. West wall elevation”.
Add. MSS. 863/29 1993
Elevation of the North wall of the Senate Room and Junction Buildings during the stone replacement in 1993.
Title on plan: “Durham Castle North Terrace: elevation of North wall 1992- 3”.
Add. MSS. 863/30 1993
Same elevation as 863/29 but showing different fabric patches in the masonry.
Title on plan “Durham Castle North Terrace: fabric overlay”.
Add. MSS. 863/31 1993
Details of the masonry in 863/29, showing the breaks in masonry adjacent to the angle tower. Title on plan:
“Durham Castle North Terrace: Breacks [sic] in masonry adjacent to angle tower”.
Add. MSS. 863/32 1993
Bailey Court heating trench section. Drawn July 1993.
