1 and 2 Gateshead Road, East Sunniside Farm

1 and 2 Gateshead Road, East Sunniside Farm

HER Number
8181
District
Gateshead
Site Name
1 and 2 Gateshead Road, East Sunniside Farm
Place
Sunniside
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
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 2 separate dwellings. Early-mid C18. C19 additions and alterations.
2 builds. Sandstone rubble with quoins to both builds. Welsh slate roof with
one stone-corniced end brick chimney, one transverse ridge chimney. Double
span. 2 storeys, 6 windows; one-storey, 2-window wing at left. Inserted door
in first bay; similar half-glazed door in bay number 4. All windows C19
sashes with wide, pecked stone lintels and projecting stone sills; in third
bay a narrow first-floor sash over blind ground floor; narrow sash over door
in fourth bay. Low gable parapet formed by large stepped stones. Interior:
deep splays to windows; internal shutters to No. 2 at left and one 2-panelled. Farm called Loosing Hill on OS first edition. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421150
Northing
559100
Grid Reference
NZ421150559100
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/138; Sunniside Local History Society, Loosing Hill, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/loosing.html