Church Chare, stable of Whickham Hall/Rectory
Church Chare, stable of Whickham Hall/Rectory
HER Number
8199
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Church Chare, stable of Whickham Hall/Rectory
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Stable
Site Type: Specific
Stable
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Stable of Whickham Hall (later Rectory) now restaurant and house. Late C18. Sandstone ashlar with plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, one bay by 6 on left return, and 2 on right return with adjoining building obscuring remaining bays. Gable to street: rubble plinth; blind Venetian window with raised surround beneath round window in raised surround. Right return: 2 blocked-in carriage entrances have segmental arches on impost blocks; raised surround to 2 round windows above. Left return has late C18/early C19 double door under flat stone lintel in 6th bay; round window high in 5th bay. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
420880
Northing
561330
Grid Reference
NZ420880561330
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 16/116; Derham, P. J. 2018. Wickham former stable block, Church Chare, HER4864