Bensham, Bensham Road, Windmill Hills Schools
Bensham, Bensham Road, Windmill Hills Schools
HER Number
8318
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bensham, Bensham Road, Windmill Hills Schools
Place
Bensham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
Industrial School
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Former Windmill Hills Schools. Northern part now Council Offices. 1879, dated on plaque on playground front (now gone?). Red brick, high pitched Welsh slate roof. Two tall storeys. Slightly irregular five-gabled front with string courses. Tall windows with gauged brick arches and fluted keystones. Two entrances, each having twin round arches of shaped bricks resting on squat columns. Two cupolas, one crowning
a square tower. Two storey outer wings. On the road front, the outer gables are shaped in the Flemish manner. LISTED GRADE 2
a square tower. Two storey outer wings. On the road front, the outer gables are shaped in the Flemish manner. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425250
Northing
562990
Grid Reference
NZ425250562990
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5 & 7/56; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 29; Elain Harwood, 2010, England's Schools - History, architecture and adaptation, page 46; ASUD, 2018, Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home, Gateshead, Building Recording; ASUD, 2018, Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home, Gateshead, Assessment