The Grange, Monkton Lane
The Grange, Monkton Lane
HER Number
8167
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
The Grange, Monkton Lane
Place
Monkton
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House. Mid-late C18, incorporating an earlier house. Brick; stone quoins;
roof of Welsh slate, 2 storeys, 5 windows; central door, in ornate wooden
porch, has 10 panels; flat brick arches with keystones over sash windows
having glazing bars; roundels between bays over first floor windows. Right
return to street has Gothic window under abarge-boarded hood. Roof is hip-
ped, with 2 transverse ridge brick chimneys. Interior: original shutters
throughout; dog-leg staircase has 2 turned balusters to a tread, with the
local variation of diminishing length balusters at the turn, mahogony hand-
rail with spiral curtail, dado rail complete in hall and stairs. LISTED GRADE 2
roof of Welsh slate, 2 storeys, 5 windows; central door, in ornate wooden
porch, has 10 panels; flat brick arches with keystones over sash windows
having glazing bars; roundels between bays over first floor windows. Right
return to street has Gothic window under abarge-boarded hood. Roof is hip-
ped, with 2 transverse ridge brick chimneys. Interior: original shutters
throughout; dog-leg staircase has 2 turned balusters to a tread, with the
local variation of diminishing length balusters at the turn, mahogony hand-
rail with spiral curtail, dado rail complete in hall and stairs. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
432090
Northing
563740
Grid Reference
NZ432090563740
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/92; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, March 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Appraisal; N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)