Gosforth Park, gate piers and stables
Gosforth Park, gate piers and stables
HER Number
8692
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gosforth Park, gate piers and stables
Place
Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Gate piers and stables, late C19. Ashlar gate piers. Snecked sandstone stables
with pecked ashlar quoins and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings.
Carriage and pedestrian entrances formed by 3 tall square piers with plinth, band
and low pyramidal coping. Stables ranged round courtyard: one low storey; 7 bays
to left and 6 to right of entrance. Gables over bays flanking gate piers contain
partly-boarded windows, and square windows in gable peaks, with sloping sills
and flat stone lintels. 5 blank bays either side defined by buttresses; gable
over blind window in 2nd bay; left end bay has small window. LISTED GRADE 2
with pecked ashlar quoins and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings.
Carriage and pedestrian entrances formed by 3 tall square piers with plinth, band
and low pyramidal coping. Stables ranged round courtyard: one low storey; 7 bays
to left and 6 to right of entrance. Gables over bays flanking gate piers contain
partly-boarded windows, and square windows in gable peaks, with sloping sills
and flat stone lintels. 5 blank bays either side defined by buttresses; gable
over blind window in 2nd bay; left end bay has small window. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424860
Northing
571390
Grid Reference
NZ424860571390
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 4/57