32 Sandhill, The Red House

32 Sandhill, The Red House

HER Number
8745
District
Newcastle
Site Name
32 Sandhill, The Red House
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House, C17 refronted early C18. Painted brick with painted ashlar dressings; roof
not visible. 5 storeys, 3 bays. Ground floor renewed. Wedge stone lintels carved
to suggest alternately-raised voussoirs over sash windows (with glazing bars),
most in wide boxes; top floor has fixed lights with glazing bars in side windows
and central casement. Floor strings; renewed ashlar parapet coping. Interior
features of second and third floors lost in fire. Brick-vaulted cellar. Rear top
floor has chamfered Tudor-arched stone doorway. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
425180
Northing
563880
Grid Reference
NZ425180563880
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/505, The Archaeological Practice Ltd. 2006, 32-34 Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Building Recording