Durham Road, Lloyds Bank
Durham Road, Lloyds Bank
HER Number
8324
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Durham Road, Lloyds Bank
Place
Low Fell
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
Reading Room
Site Type: Specific
Reading Room
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Circa 1840 by Thomas Oliver. Dressed stone with Welsh slate roof, corniced stone
end chimneys. Two storeys. Four windows, eight-pane sashes, on first floor, two
double casements below flanking a studded door with oblong fanlight up six stone
steps with cast iron handrails. Stone bracketed eaves cornice. Hoodmoulds over
upper windows. First floor band raised above ground floor windows. High plinth.
History: built as a reading room for the miners of Low Fell from subscriptions
collected locally. LISTED GRADE 2
end chimneys. Two storeys. Four windows, eight-pane sashes, on first floor, two
double casements below flanking a studded door with oblong fanlight up six stone
steps with cast iron handrails. Stone bracketed eaves cornice. Hoodmoulds over
upper windows. First floor band raised above ground floor windows. High plinth.
History: built as a reading room for the miners of Low Fell from subscriptions
collected locally. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425730
Northing
560240
Grid Reference
NZ425730560240
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/77