Dunston Hill House, billiard and snooker rooms
Dunston Hill House, billiard and snooker rooms
HER Number
8326
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Dunston Hill House, billiard and snooker rooms
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Sports Building
Site Type: Specific
Billiard Hall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Billiard and snooker rooms, now outpatients department. Dated 1885 on lintel.
Sandstone ashlar with rusticated plinth and raised quoins. Welsh slate roof
with wood and glass ridge ventilators. Half-hexagonal ends; one storey, 3 bays.
Central door; architraves to door, flanking windows, and windows in canted bays
on left and right returns. Sill band. Door in right return has inscription
18JR-C-E85 on lintel. Central ashlar chimney and 2 louvred lights to half-
hexagonal hip-ended roof. LISTED GRADE 2
Sandstone ashlar with rusticated plinth and raised quoins. Welsh slate roof
with wood and glass ridge ventilators. Half-hexagonal ends; one storey, 3 bays.
Central door; architraves to door, flanking windows, and windows in canted bays
on left and right returns. Sill band. Door in right return has inscription
18JR-C-E85 on lintel. Central ashlar chimney and 2 louvred lights to half-
hexagonal hip-ended roof. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
422060
Northing
561240
Grid Reference
NZ422060561240
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/147