18 Front Street, gates, gate-piers, steps
18 Front Street, gates, gate-piers, steps
HER Number
8156
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
18 Front Street, gates, gate-piers, steps
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Feature
Site Type: Specific
Garden Feature
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Garden features. Mid/late C19. Limestone and concrete. Gates : modern wrought
iron in imitation of C18, with tendrils and bunches of grapes spread across
serpentine-headed gates. Gate-piers : tall, rock faced, flanked by low relief
panels of classical-style figures and consoles. Steps : to the south of the
gates, curved walls which end in stubby piers flank steps on arches over a stone-
revetted ditch. Garden ornaments : a balustrade along the terrace, having curved
coping, is interrupted by a colonnade and a temple in quasi-Doric style. Many
ogee-topped finials with low relief decoration of grotesque heads. Historical
note : in the grounds of now-demolished Whitburn Hall. LISTED GRADE 2
iron in imitation of C18, with tendrils and bunches of grapes spread across
serpentine-headed gates. Gate-piers : tall, rock faced, flanked by low relief
panels of classical-style figures and consoles. Steps : to the south of the
gates, curved walls which end in stubby piers flank steps on arches over a stone-
revetted ditch. Garden ornaments : a balustrade along the terrace, having curved
coping, is interrupted by a colonnade and a temple in quasi-Doric style. Many
ogee-topped finials with low relief decoration of grotesque heads. Historical
note : in the grounds of now-demolished Whitburn Hall. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440730
Northing
561720
Grid Reference
NZ440730561720
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/41; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project