Tyne and Wear HER(8864): Newcastle, The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre) - Details
8864
Newcastle
Newcastle, The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre)
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Transport
Road Transport Site
Toll House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
Toll house; later Coroner's Court, now offices. Circa 1870. Sandstone ashlar
with plinth; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. 2 steps to 4-panelled door
with overlight in segmental-headed surround with pilasters and voussoirs.
Keyed round-headed raised surrounds and bracketed sills to flanking sashes; 3
sashes above in plain reveals; all with late Cl9 glazing. End pilasters with
channelled rustication. Cornice and blocking course. LISTED GRADE 2
2515
6378
NZ25156378
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/190; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 108; Milestone Society National ID Number: TW.NEW