Nether Heworth Hall (Heworth Constitutional Club)

Nether Heworth Hall (Heworth Constitutional Club)

HER Number
8338
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Nether Heworth Hall (Heworth Constitutional Club)
Place
Heworth
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House, now club. Early C18 north front and late C18 south. Coursed squared
sandstone north elevation has plinth and rusticated quoins; ashlar south
elevation has plinth. 2 storeys, 5 windows. North elevation: central
6-panelled door in fluted Ionic doorcase with pulvinated frieze and
dentilled segmental pediment, architraves and projecting sills to
sashes, those at first floor having broad glazing bars; first floor band,
eaves cornice, cavetto-moulded coping to parapet. South elevation: central
half-glazed door in porch of 4 Tuscan columns, with reeded collars,on
2 steps; plain reveals to sashes with glazing bars; bands at first floor and
at sills; eaves cornice and blocking course,pediment over central 3 bays
open at 2 points. Lower 2-storey set-back wing at east has 2 double
sashes with projecting stone sills on ground, one sash and one blocked
double opening on first floor. West elevation has low square central porch
having rusticated quoins, projecting stone rainwater. gutter at top left;
2 steps down to boarded door under flat stone lintel. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
428770
Northing
561990
Grid Reference
NZ428770561990
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 6/36; NPA Ltd. 2011, Heworth Constitutional Club, Nether Heworth, Gateshead - Historic Buildings Recording