4 to 18 Woodbine Terrace
4 to 18 Woodbine Terrace
HER Number
8294
District
Gateshead
Site Name
4 to 18 Woodbine Terrace
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1838 and slightly later. Irregular terrace, mostly of coursed squared stone with
quoins, some of brick. Welsh slate roofs. Two storeys, two windows each, some
with basements. Sash windows. Some added dormers.
Nos 4, 5 and 6 of stone. No 5 has a six-panel door. No 6 has an added bay window
and modern glazing.
No 7 of ashlar with modern glazing and a pilaster-and-entablature door surround.
Nos 8, 9, 10 and 11 of brick with stone frieze, bands, window dressings and base-
ments. Segment headed door recesses and fanlights. Nos 8 and 9 have good eight-
panel doors.
Nos 12, 13 and 14 of stone, No 13 with an extra storey. Pilaster-and-entablature
surrounds to modern doors. No 12 has modern glazing and No 14 a later canted bay.
Patterned fanlight to No 12.
No 15. Brick with stone dressings including basement, bands, frieze and eaves
cornice, window cills and lintels and a pilaster-and-entablature door surround with
key pattern. Eight-panel door up five stone steps with wrought iron handrail.
Nos 16, 17 and 18. Stone with heavy lintels and slightly projecting cills. Six-
panel doors with oblong fanlights in flush stone surrounds. An added canted bay
to To 16.
Included partly for group considerations. LISTED GRADE 2
quoins, some of brick. Welsh slate roofs. Two storeys, two windows each, some
with basements. Sash windows. Some added dormers.
Nos 4, 5 and 6 of stone. No 5 has a six-panel door. No 6 has an added bay window
and modern glazing.
No 7 of ashlar with modern glazing and a pilaster-and-entablature door surround.
Nos 8, 9, 10 and 11 of brick with stone frieze, bands, window dressings and base-
ments. Segment headed door recesses and fanlights. Nos 8 and 9 have good eight-
panel doors.
Nos 12, 13 and 14 of stone, No 13 with an extra storey. Pilaster-and-entablature
surrounds to modern doors. No 12 has modern glazing and No 14 a later canted bay.
Patterned fanlight to No 12.
No 15. Brick with stone dressings including basement, bands, frieze and eaves
cornice, window cills and lintels and a pilaster-and-entablature door surround with
key pattern. Eight-panel door up five stone steps with wrought iron handrail.
Nos 16, 17 and 18. Stone with heavy lintels and slightly projecting cills. Six-
panel doors with oblong fanlights in flush stone surrounds. An added canted bay
to To 16.
Included partly for group considerations. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425240
Northing
562340
Grid Reference
NZ425240562340
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 7/124; S. Taylor and D. Lover, 2004, Gateshead - Architecture in a Changing English Urban Landscape, p 39; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31