1 to 17 Claremont Place
1 to 17 Claremont Place
HER Number
8304
District
Gateshead
Site Name
1 to 17 Claremont Place
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Early-mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Bands at ground and first
floor cills, friezes and cornices. Brick chimneys. Two storeys and basement, some
added dormers. Each two storeys, two windows, mostly altered sashes but within
original openings. Steps with cast iron railings to six-panel doors (some now
flushed over or part glazed) in well carved stone pilaster-and-entablature surrounds.
No 5 has added canted stone bay. Some added glazed porches. LISTED GRADE 2
floor cills, friezes and cornices. Brick chimneys. Two storeys and basement, some
added dormers. Each two storeys, two windows, mostly altered sashes but within
original openings. Steps with cast iron railings to six-panel doors (some now
flushed over or part glazed) in well carved stone pilaster-and-entablature surrounds.
No 5 has added canted stone bay. Some added glazed porches. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425120
Northing
562290
Grid Reference
NZ425120562290
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 7/65; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31