12 Park Terrace, Headmaster's House

12 Park Terrace, Headmaster's House

HER Number
5475
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
12 Park Terrace, Headmaster's House
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Teachers House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Headmaster's house to Buddle Schools (HER 5474). 1876 by J Johnstone for Wallsend Schools Board. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with decorative ridge tiles. L-plan. Scottish baronial style. 2 storeys. Central 1980 door under overlight. High crow-stepped gable. 2 tall corniced and moulded ashlar chimneys. Now sheltered accomodation. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
429720
Northing
566760
Grid Reference
NZ429720566760
Sources
<< HER 5475 >> North East Civic Trust, 2002, The Buddle, Wallsend, Conservation Statement
W. Richardson, 1923, The History of the Parish of Wallsend
Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 1875, Wallsend and Willington School, Board Minutes Book 1, 1875-1881, SB/WA/1/1
Tyne and Wear Archive Service, 1881, Wallsend and Willington School, Board Minutes Book 2, 1881-1885, SB/WA/1/2
Shields Daily News, 31 July 1877
Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, 6/164
Alan Williams Archaeology, 2003, The Handball Wall, Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside, Archaeological Recording