School Lane, Park Cottage

School Lane, Park Cottage

HER Number
8177
District
Gateshead
Site Name
School Lane, Park Cottage
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Coach House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
House, formerly coach house and stable. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone
with ashlar dressings; steeply-pitched roof of graduated Westmorland slate
with flat stone gable coping and 2 yellow brick end chimneys. 2 storeys,
3 bays. Central raised surround to round-headed carriage entrance, now filled
in with coursed rubble and with inserted 9-panelled door at right.
Flanking 2-centred-arched windows in plain stone surrounds containing
casements and fanlights; first floor round windows with raised stone
surrounds, partly blocked, containing small 2-pane casements. Eaves
cornice and blocking course obscured by ivy. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421030
Northing
561330
Grid Reference
NZ421030561330
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 17/142