High Street, The County Hotel
High Street, The County Hotel
HER Number
9034
District
Newcastle
Site Name
High Street, The County Hotel
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Public house. Mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 and
3 bays. Main 3-bay section has blocked central door in architrave with bracketed
dentilled cornice; inserted window has projecting stone sill. Ground floor paired
sashes have bracketed sills; first floor sashes with late C19 glazing bars in
lugged architraves. 2 bays set back slightly at left have 2 narrow and one wide
ground-floor windows with impost string and keyed segmental arches; bracketed sills
and architraves to first floor sashes. All ground floor windows have c.1900 stained
glass. First floor band, eaves band and gutter cornice. Low-pitched roof has
ashlar chimneys with plinths and cornices. LISTED GRADE 2
3 bays. Main 3-bay section has blocked central door in architrave with bracketed
dentilled cornice; inserted window has projecting stone sill. Ground floor paired
sashes have bracketed sills; first floor sashes with late C19 glazing bars in
lugged architraves. 2 bays set back slightly at left have 2 narrow and one wide
ground-floor windows with impost string and keyed segmental arches; bracketed sills
and architraves to first floor sashes. All ground floor windows have c.1900 stained
glass. First floor band, eaves band and gutter cornice. Low-pitched roof has
ashlar chimneys with plinths and cornices. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424400
Northing
567730
Grid Reference
NZ424400567730
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 8/20; Bennison, Brian, 1997, Heavy Nights - A History of Newcastle's Public Houses, Volume Two, The North and East, p 9