Dial House, 24 Front Street

HER Number

7027

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Dial House, 24 Front Street

Place

Newbottle

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

House. Late C17/C18. Coursed limestone rubble, pantiled roof. 2 storeys. Sash windows. Oblong fanlight over door. Sundial between first floor windows. 2 massive end chimney stacks. Interior – staircase with barley-sugar balusters and wide flat handrail. Square-topped newel posts. Roof said to have pegged trusses and through purlins. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

433820

Northing

551540

Grid Reference

NZ433820551540

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/40; Sunderland City Council, November 2008, Newbottle Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, Consultation Draft; Borough of Sunderland, 1980, Newbottle Village District Plan Written Statement; G.E. Milburn, 1978, Newbottle: An Outline History; K. Richardson, 1989, Houghton-le-Spring and Hetton-le-Hole in Old Photographs