57 Front Street, Boldon Lodge
57 Front Street, Boldon Lodge
HER Number
8029
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
57 Front Street, Boldon Lodge
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
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 two separate dwellings; set back left entrance bay raised to two
storeys in C19. Brick, with Welsh slate roof. Main house : 2 storeys, 4 sash
windows with glazing bars, second from left being a round-headed staircase window;
curved one-storey porch in third bay from left has 2 curved windows and an open-
pedimented Tuscan doorcase to the 8-panelled door with round fanlight; roof
has gable stone coping, 2 end brick chimneys. Second house : 2 storeys, one
bay with door and doorcase similar to those of the main house but with flat
pilasters and decorated fanlight; roof, lower than that of the main house, has
stone gable coping and one end brick chimney. A continuous stone band runs
at ground floor level. LISTED GRADE 2
storeys in C19. Brick, with Welsh slate roof. Main house : 2 storeys, 4 sash
windows with glazing bars, second from left being a round-headed staircase window;
curved one-storey porch in third bay from left has 2 curved windows and an open-
pedimented Tuscan doorcase to the 8-panelled door with round fanlight; roof
has gable stone coping, 2 end brick chimneys. Second house : 2 storeys, one
bay with door and doorcase similar to those of the main house but with flat
pilasters and decorated fanlight; roof, lower than that of the main house, has
stone gable coping and one end brick chimney. A continuous stone band runs
at ground floor level. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436290
Northing
561300
Grid Reference
NZ436290561300
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/24; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon