12 and 14 Front Street
12 and 14 Front Street
HER Number
8173
District
Gateshead
Site Name
12 and 14 Front Street
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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 and cottage, now 2 separate dwellings. Late C18, roof raised C19.
Sandstone rubble, with quoins in raised section only. Concrete tiled
roof has flat stone gable copings, 2 end corniced ashlar chimneys and one
between bays 3 and 4. 2 storeys, 7 bays in all, irregular. 2 boarded
doors and a C20 door under flat stone lintels. Windows mainly 3-light
Yorkshire sashes, some replaced, under similar lintels, with narrow projecting
sills. LISTED GRADE 2
Sandstone rubble, with quoins in raised section only. Concrete tiled
roof has flat stone gable copings, 2 end corniced ashlar chimneys and one
between bays 3 and 4. 2 storeys, 7 bays in all, irregular. 2 boarded
doors and a C20 door under flat stone lintels. Windows mainly 3-light
Yorkshire sashes, some replaced, under similar lintels, with narrow projecting
sills. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421140
Northing
561220
Grid Reference
NZ421140561220
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 17/129