8 Westoe Village, Talbot Memorial House (Westoe Grange)

8 Westoe Village, Talbot Memorial House (Westoe Grange)

HER Number
8127
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
8 Westoe Village, Talbot Memorial House (Westoe Grange)
Place
Westoe
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1810 (on lead rainwater heads).
Red brick, slate roof. Two storeys with attic, 5 bays. All windows sashed, with
glazing bars. Stone heads. Stone rusticated quoins. The 3 central bays break
forward with a pediment over. Doric porch with slender columns. Semi-circular
headed fanlight to door with good cast lead fanlight. Continuous stone cill to
ground and first floor windows. Stone floor band to first floor. Bow windows to
the rear of the house.
An unusual feature of this house is the octagonal timber "Belvedere" on the centre
of the roof.
The "grandest" of the C18-early C19 houses in Westoe.
See "A History of Westoe" 1964 by A C Flagg. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437060
Northing
565970
Grid Reference
NZ437060565970
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/78