94 Front Street, West Farm
94 Front Street, West Farm
HER Number
8033
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
94 Front Street, West Farm
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House. C17 with C18 and modern alterations. Stucco; pantiled roof. 2 storeys,
3 windows all modern replacing sashes at first floor and tripartite sashes at
ground floor; early C19 door, upper half with modern glazing, has a moulded
canopy on brackets. Steeply pitched roof, swept, renewed in modern pantiles,
has stone coping and corniced brick end chimneys. Interior : panelled dado
in central passage, round-headed arch with panelled soffit, and keystone motif.
Staircase has dado, plain balusters and hand-rail. Room to east of entrance
has wide 4-centred arched timber lintel to chimney, with scroll-stopped moulded
chamfer and evidence of a former central projection; exposed first floor joists
have unstopped chamfers. Roof timbers seem to be upper crucks with through
purlins. LISTED GRADE 2
3 windows all modern replacing sashes at first floor and tripartite sashes at
ground floor; early C19 door, upper half with modern glazing, has a moulded
canopy on brackets. Steeply pitched roof, swept, renewed in modern pantiles,
has stone coping and corniced brick end chimneys. Interior : panelled dado
in central passage, round-headed arch with panelled soffit, and keystone motif.
Staircase has dado, plain balusters and hand-rail. Room to east of entrance
has wide 4-centred arched timber lintel to chimney, with scroll-stopped moulded
chamfer and evidence of a former central projection; exposed first floor joists
have unstopped chamfers. Roof timbers seem to be upper crucks with through
purlins. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
436120
Northing
561370
Grid Reference
NZ436120561370
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/29; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon