Westoe Village, Southgarth East

Westoe Village, Southgarth East

HER Number
8131
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Westoe Village, Southgarth East
Place
Westoe
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Circa 1874-75. J J Stevenson architect. Designed for his brother A Stevenson.
Red brick and slate roofs with parapetted gables. Two storeys with attics. A very
pleasant asymmetrical design in the English domestic revival of the late C17-early
C18 manner. Sash windows with segmental heads, keystones and exposed boxes.
Entrance at eastern end has a flat canopy supported on scrolled brackets and over
it a fanlight with architrave and pediment.
West of door a 3 light window. The entrance projects and terminates in a gable
with a 2 light window.
To the east of the above the elevation has 3 bays on the ground floor. At first
floor an oriel and a canted dormer immediately above it. On the west of the main
house is a single storey wing. Good elevations to the south, garden front.

The above houses in Westoe Village form the most important group of domestic buildings. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
437070
Northing
565900
Grid Reference
NZ437070565900
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/87