The Cottage, Front Street

HER Number

8506

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

The Cottage, Front Street

Place

East Boldon

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Single storey cottage with slate roof and four brick chimneys in pairs. The sash windows are well-designed replacements. The garden has a neat hedge and gate piers forming an attractive corner.

Easting

435990

Northing

561390

Grid Reference

NZ435990561390

Sources

North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon