70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
HER Number
8170
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
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. Circa 1790. Brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings; Welsh slate
roof. 2 storeys, 5 sash windows with glazing bars; central pedimented Tuscan
doorcase, with pulvinated frieze, to 6-panelled door which when open is matched
by a similarly panelled reveal opposite. Bands and moulded eaves cornice.
Roof hipped with 3 stone-corniced brick chimneys on 2 cross ridges to rear.
Wall. A low brick wall, in Flemish bond, forms the south boundary of both houses
and returns to No 64. It has stone coping continuous with the tops of 2 dwarf
sandstone piers in front of No 70. Inserted piers in front of No 64 are rendered. LISTED GRADE 2
roof. 2 storeys, 5 sash windows with glazing bars; central pedimented Tuscan
doorcase, with pulvinated frieze, to 6-panelled door which when open is matched
by a similarly panelled reveal opposite. Bands and moulded eaves cornice.
Roof hipped with 3 stone-corniced brick chimneys on 2 cross ridges to rear.
Wall. A low brick wall, in Flemish bond, forms the south boundary of both houses
and returns to No 64. It has stone coping continuous with the tops of 2 dwarf
sandstone piers in front of No 70. Inserted piers in front of No 64 are rendered. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436240
Northing
561360
Grid Reference
NZ436240561360
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/28; 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