Everything about Palace Green totally explained
Palace Green is a small area of grass in the centre of
Durham,
England, flanked by
Durham Cathedral and
Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, although Palace Green itself isn't a part.
It is situated atop
the narrow, high peninsula formed by a sharp bend in the
River Wear. The Cathedral is on the southern side, facing the Castle across the Green on the north side. To the east are
Durham University buildings including the law, theology and history departments, with the music department and a small branch of the library to the west.
From the north and east Palace Green is accessed by two cobbled streets called
Owengate (formerly Queen Street) and
Dun Cow Lane, the latter taking its name from a local legend involving a milkmaid and her cow. From the west a passageway, 'Windy Gap', leads down to the banks of the River Wear between two buildings which are now part of the university Music School. Early in the twentieth centruy one of the buildings had been the home on novelist
J. Meade Falkner, author of
Moonfleet.
In summer, Palace Green is sometimes used by students of
Durham University as a croquet lawn on permission from the groundsman of
University College Durham.
'Palace Green' is also the name of a
hymn tune written by Michael Fleming (
1928-
2006) while a music student at the university, for the
hymn 'Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above'.
Buildings situated on Palace Green
Listed clockwise:
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