Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
HER Number
8176
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
Place
Dunston
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. Mid C18. Sandstone rubble with large quoins; pantiled roof with
2 corniced end brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central bay has 2
C19 doors inserted under flat stone lintel. All windows altered casements
in chamfered stone surrounds. Roof has low gable parapet
formed by large stepped stones. Rear one-storey one-bay offshot under
catslide roof has folding boarded door with external flight of stone
steps to boarded kitchen entrance. Interior: C19 staircase; doors boarded
over. LISTED GRADE 2
2 corniced end brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central bay has 2
C19 doors inserted under flat stone lintel. All windows altered casements
in chamfered stone surrounds. Roof has low gable parapet
formed by large stepped stones. Rear one-storey one-bay offshot under
catslide roof has folding boarded door with external flight of stone
steps to boarded kitchen entrance. Interior: C19 staircase; doors boarded
over. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
422090
Northing
561780
Grid Reference
NZ422090561780
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/140