14 and 15 Westoe Village, Ravensworth and Briary

14 and 15 Westoe Village, Ravensworth and Briary

HER Number
8128
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
14 and 15 Westoe Village, Ravensworth and Briary
Place
Westoe
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Semi Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
1892-6. Henry Grieves architect.
A pair of semi-detached houses designed as a symmetrical composition.
Brick, with stone and terracotta dressings and a steeply pitched, hipped, tiled
roof. Two storeys with attics. All original glazing to sash windows. Main elevation
with an octagonal corner tower at either end. Each face of the tower has a window
and the towers are carried up one storey above the eaves. The second storey is lit
by circular windows. The towers are domed.
The ground floor window of each house is tripartite, central sash flanked by narrow
sashes. Above each window a semi-circular arch with the lunette filled with terra-
cotta panels. First floor of each house lit by 2 sashes with rusticated heads.
Above is a coved eaves cornice of terracotta decorated with swags.
Recessed 2 storey, one bay wing to each house contains the entrance. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437120
Northing
566020
Grid Reference
NZ437120566020
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/80