Front Street, Whickham Lodge

House and wing, now 3 separate dwellings. Mid C18 with C19 alterations. Sandstone
ashlar; alternate raised quoins to main house; brick back with stone dressings to
wing. Graduated Westmorland slate roofs with flat stone gable copings; kneelers
to wing. 2 corniced brick and ashlar chimneys. Main house: 2 storeys and attic,
5 windows. Central 8-panelled door in lugged architrave and flat Doric doorcase,
with triglyph frieze. All windows sashes with glazinq bars in lugged architraves,
under projecting cornices. Eaves cornice with high parapet; 2 C20 wood dormers
with bargeboards; roof raised to top of parapet. Rear elevation; raised surround
to round-headed stair window with keystone and impost blocks. Round bow at left
rear has 3 sash windows, sill and eaves bands, and cornice. Interior: decorated
tread ends and turned balusters to wide stair with wreathed grip handrail and
curtail; panelled dado. Wing of 2 low storeys, 2 windows. 6-panelled door
inserted at left in flat Tuscan door case; half-glazed door in third bay; flat
stone lintels and projecting stone sills to C20 windows. Lower 2-storey set-back
at right: C20 door and 3 windows; large sash with qlazinq bars in third bay. LISTED GRADE 2