North House, Front Street

HER Number

7268

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North House, Front Street

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House, now university hall of residence. Mid eighteenth century with nineteenth century alterations and extensions. Ashlar with plinth. Graduated Lakeland slate roof. Two storeys. Central broken-pedimented Tuscan doorcase containing renewed door. Sash windows with glazing bars. Wings set back slightly. One storey. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

427370

Northing

568520

Grid Reference

NZ427370568520

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 6/6; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 32