Axwell Park View, lodge to Benwell Waterworks
Axwell Park View, lodge to Benwell Waterworks
HER Number
8895
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Axwell Park View, lodge to Benwell Waterworks
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Waterworks Cottage
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Lodge. Probably 1857; for the Whittle Dean Water Company: engineer Robert
Nicholson. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and plinth; Welsh slate
roof with sloped gable copings. Tudor style. One storey, 3 bays. Central
Gothic-panelled door in long-and-short block jambs under flattened Tudor
arch. Mullioned cross windows in similar surrounds. Low-pitched roof has
central chimney. Square bay window in left return. Source: R.W. Rennison
Water to Tyneside Newcastle 1979, pp 83-4. LISTED GRADE 2
Nicholson. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and plinth; Welsh slate
roof with sloped gable copings. Tudor style. One storey, 3 bays. Central
Gothic-panelled door in long-and-short block jambs under flattened Tudor
arch. Mullioned cross windows in similar surrounds. Low-pitched roof has
central chimney. Square bay window in left return. Source: R.W. Rennison
Water to Tyneside Newcastle 1979, pp 83-4. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
420740
Northing
564220
Grid Reference
NZ420740564220
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/78; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, page 515; R.W. Rennison Water to Tyneside Newcastle 1979, pp 83-4.