11 and 13 Front Street

11 and 13 Front Street

HER Number
8175
District
Gateshead
Site Name
11 and 13 Front Street
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
2 houses, now as one. Late C17/early C18 and later rear wing. First build at
right is rendered; second, higher build ashlar sandstone and brick rear with
quoins; steeply-pitched pantiled roofs with flat stone gable copings on curved
kneelers; one right end brick chimney and 2 corniced end brick chimneys to
left part. L-plan. 2 storeys. Lower older part at right has 3 irregularly-
spaced sash windows with splayed stone lintels and projecting stone sills.
Newer part has 2 storeys, 3 windows; 6-panelled door in third bay under
3-paned oblong fanlight in architrave with frieze and cornice. Sash windows
with glazing bars, flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills. Left return
has C18 attic sash windows with broad glazing bars. Eaves string; corniced
parapet. Interior of front range first build showed that it might be the
older with early C18 doors and chimney-piece; wide enclosed stair has 2
handrails of early C18 type leading to transverse passage at rear left. Ground
floor first bay of first build contained kitchen chimney with original spiral
stair behind, now removed. Wide elliptical-headed blocked door between second
and third windows of first build is now enclosed in a cupboard. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421350
Northing
561130
Grid Reference
NZ421350561130
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 17/136