Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage, wall

Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage, wall

HER Number
8046
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage, wall
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Wall
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
East-west wall 35m south of Red Cottage and linking wall to house. Wall, dated 1842, for Thomas Barnes. Red and grey brick with sandstone embellish-ments. 8 rectangular piers with grey brick corners and string courses, plinth coping on piers and along wall, and string at wall coping and at tops of piers; moulded coping of bright red brick. Grey brick diapers enclose coat of arms, panels 'T1842B' and starfish all in sandstone. Plainer wall of red and grey brick which connects Red Cottage with the decorated wall is included for group value with those structures. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440570
Northing
561610
Grid Reference
NZ440570561610
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/6; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project: Testing the National Framework