52 Front Street, Olde House and coach house
52 Front Street, Olde House and coach house
HER Number
8152
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
52 Front Street, Olde House and coach house
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
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
House. C18. Brick;Welsh slate roof. Simple block house with coach entrance
in small house attached,to east. Main house : 3 storeys, 3 tripartite sash
windows with gauged brick flat arches and projecting cills; central door with
patterned oblong fanlight in gabled porch having decorated barge boards; high-
pitched roof has 2 end brick chimney. Small house: 2 storeys, 2 bays; at east
an elliptical brick arch to partly bricked-in carriage entrance now containing
garage doors; at west a plank door beneath a flat arch of gauged brick, wider
than the door; 2-sash windows over. LISTED GRADE 2
in small house attached,to east. Main house : 3 storeys, 3 tripartite sash
windows with gauged brick flat arches and projecting cills; central door with
patterned oblong fanlight in gabled porch having decorated barge boards; high-
pitched roof has 2 end brick chimney. Small house: 2 storeys, 2 bays; at east
an elliptical brick arch to partly bricked-in carriage entrance now containing
garage doors; at west a plank door beneath a flat arch of gauged brick, wider
than the door; 2-sash windows over. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440430
Northing
561710
Grid Reference
NZ440430561710
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/47; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal;