East Boldon, South Lane, South Lodge

House. 1907 by H Hedley for F G Wainwright, shipbroker. Pebbledash with sandstone
dressings, roof of flat tiles. Half E-plan, with service wing to east in place
of left half. 2 storeys; 6 bays on main south elevation; 1-bay returns; 9 bays
on north which has 2 cross gables at centre containing servants' entrance and
house entrance. Tall mullioned and transomed staircase window over servants'
door. House entrance in corbelled recess; door elliptical-headed, upper part
glazed, with deep curved hood on brackets; art nouveau bell push, 5-light windows
in one-bay set back; 2 small 2-light and one ox-eye windows irregularly placed
in projecting cross-gable. South elevation : one-storey porch off-centre; ground-
floor windows of 4-lights, central mullions and transoms removed from some;
first-floor windows of 4, 2, 2, 2, 4 and 4 lights. All windows have stone mullions
with quarter-round mouldings internally and externally; alternating block jambs
have surrounding quarter-round mouldings. Roofs hipped with swept eaves except
for gables over entrances and at Chinese-influence service wing of 2 low storeys.
3 square tapering chimneys, rendered, on ridges. The whole is a balanced compo-
sition of varied shapes and scales. Interior : principal rooms ground floor
have moulded fireplaces with stone kerbs; all doors have Tudor-arched top panels
and ornamental hinges and lock plates; staircases have broad handrails and panelled
balustrades. LISTED GRADE 2