Front Street, Cleadon House, wall and gate piers
Front Street, Cleadon House, wall and gate piers
HER Number
8028
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Front Street, Cleadon House, wall and gate piers
Place
Cleadon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Wall and gate piers. C18. Arising from front right of the house is a high brick
wall with 3 banded square piers and a garden entrance; this connects with a high
garden wall, extending the width of the garden, of roughly squared coursed
limestone rubble with a triple moulded brick coping. The entrance from the street
is formed by a low wall of brick with stone coping, continuing along through 3
square brick piers with plinths, in which are 2 ashlar gate piers with overhanging
cornices. Original iron gates and railings have been removed. LISTED GRADE 2
wall with 3 banded square piers and a garden entrance; this connects with a high
garden wall, extending the width of the garden, of roughly squared coursed
limestone rubble with a triple moulded brick coping. The entrance from the street
is formed by a low wall of brick with stone coping, continuing along through 3
square brick piers with plinths, in which are 2 ashlar gate piers with overhanging
cornices. Original iron gates and railings have been removed. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
438310
Northing
562320
Grid Reference
NZ438310562320
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/23; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project