English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
31
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
East Boldon
Description
This house was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House, an extension to No 70 but a separate residence, inserted into the garden. Early C19. Brick; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 2 sash windows with glazing bars, later porch of sandstone and Welsh slate; gable stone coping and central and end brick chimneys. Included for group value with No 70.' {1}.
Lower than No. 70. Has a later porch. Unlike No. 70 has no stone string.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
This house was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House, an extension to No 70 but a separate residence, inserted into the garden. Early C19. Brick; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 2 sash windows with glazing bars, later porch of sandstone and Welsh slate; gable stone coping and central and end brick chimneys. Included for group value with No 70.' {1}.
Lower than No. 70. Has a later porch. Unlike No. 70 has no stone string.
Site Name
64 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8032
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/27;
North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal;
East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985;
M. Linge, The Story of Boldon;
A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community;
N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham;
W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025217
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2025
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
31
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436270
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561340
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
East Boldon
Description
This structure was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Wall and 2 tall stone piers, late C18. Sandstone ashlar, having plinth, over- hanging cornice, and ball finial. Long wall attached to west and short to east; tall; roughly squared coursed sandstone.' {1}.
The tall piers used to have ball finials. The gates are timber.
SITEASS
Identified as Vulnerable during Grade II Historic England Testing the National Framework Project 2015. Priority C - Slow Decay; no solution agreed
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
This structure was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Wall and 2 tall stone piers, late C18. Sandstone ashlar, having plinth, over- hanging cornice, and ball finial. Long wall attached to west and short to east; tall; roughly squared coursed sandstone.' {1}.
The tall piers used to have ball finials. The gates are timber.
Site Name
70 Front Street, walls and gate piers
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8031
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/26;
North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal;
East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985;
M. Linge, The Story of Boldon;
A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community;
N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham;
W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon;
NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025216
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2025
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
31
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436360
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561330
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
East Boldon
Description
This house was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. C 17 with C18 and later alterations. Roughly squared coursed sandstone; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 6-panelled door, with oblong fanlight, in brick and stone later porch having chamfered stone lintel and barge boards; 2 C17 window openings, shown by joints and lintels blocked, having sashes in broad frames inserted. 2 later end brick chimneys. Interior : at west ground floor chimney breast, a wide flattened Tudor-arched stone lintel, with moulded chamfer; deep splay to adjacent window.'
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
This house was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'House. C 17 with C18 and later alterations. Roughly squared coursed sandstone; roof of Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 6-panelled door, with oblong fanlight, in brick and stone later porch having chamfered stone lintel and barge boards; 2 C17 window openings, shown by joints and lintels blocked, having sashes in broad frames inserted. 2 later end brick chimneys. Interior : at west ground floor chimney breast, a wide flattened Tudor-arched stone lintel, with moulded chamfer; deep splay to adjacent window.'
Site Name
36 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8030
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/25;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025215
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2025
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
955, 11864
DAY1
31
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561300
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
East Boldon
Description
This house was listed Grade II in 1949 with the following description:
'House, now two separate dwellings; set back left entrance bay raised to two storeys in C19. Brick, with Welsh slate roof. Main house : 2 storeys, 4 sash windows with glazing bars, second from left being a round-headed staircase window; curved one-storey porch in third bay from left has 2 curved windows and an open- pedimented Tuscan doorcase to the 8-panelled door with round fanlight; roof has gable stone coping, 2 end brick chimneys. Second house : 2 storeys, one bay with door and doorcase similar to those of the main house but with flat pilasters and decorated fanlight; roof, lower than that of the main house, has stone gable coping and one end brick chimney. A continuous stone band runs at ground floor level.'
Built about 1780, and owned by Thomas Briggs, local landowner. In the late 19th century Mrs Robert Hutton Potts lived in this house and held the first Sunday Schools for the children of East Boldon.
SITEASS
Pevsner - C18 brick front with an arched staircase window. Curved porch, door with an arched head, and the surround of an open pediment on two Doric half-columns. East annexe with a similar door and a later first floor. South front of four bays with a shallow bow taking up the centre two.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
This house was listed Grade II in 1949 with the following description:
'House, now two separate dwellings; set back left entrance bay raised to two storeys in C19. Brick, with Welsh slate roof. Main house : 2 storeys, 4 sash windows with glazing bars, second from left being a round-headed staircase window; curved one-storey porch in third bay from left has 2 curved windows and an open- pedimented Tuscan doorcase to the 8-panelled door with round fanlight; roof has gable stone coping, 2 end brick chimneys. Second house : 2 storeys, one bay with door and doorcase similar to those of the main house but with flat pilasters and decorated fanlight; roof, lower than that of the main house, has stone gable coping and one end brick chimney. A continuous stone band runs at ground floor level.'
Built about 1780, and owned by Thomas Briggs, local landowner. In the late 19th century Mrs Robert Hutton Potts lived in this house and held the first Sunday Schools for the children of East Boldon.
Site Name
57 Front Street, Boldon Lodge
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8029
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/24;
North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal;
East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985;
M. Linge, The Story of Boldon;
A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community;
N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham;
W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025214
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2025
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
8027
DAY1
31
DAY2
05
District
S Tyneside
Easting
438310
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562320
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Cleadon
Description
Wall and gate piers. C18. Arising from front right of the house is a high brick
wall with 3 banded square piers and a garden entrance; this connects with a high
garden wall, extending the width of the garden, of roughly squared coursed
limestone rubble with a triple moulded brick coping. The entrance from the street
is formed by a low wall of brick with stone coping, continuing along through 3
square brick piers with plinths, in which are 2 ashlar gate piers with overhanging
cornices. Original iron gates and railings have been removed. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Identified as Vulnerable during Grade II Historic England Testing the National Framework Project 2015. Priority C - Slow Decay; no solution agreed
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
Wall and gate piers. C18. Arising from front right of the house is a high brick
wall with 3 banded square piers and a garden entrance; this connects with a high
garden wall, extending the width of the garden, of roughly squared coursed
limestone rubble with a triple moulded brick coping. The entrance from the street
is formed by a low wall of brick with stone coping, continuing along through 3
square brick piers with plinths, in which are 2 ashlar gate piers with overhanging
cornices. Original iron gates and railings have been removed.
Site Name
Front Street, Cleadon House, wall and gate piers
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8028
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/23; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2015
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
Crossref
8028, 12802, 17202
DAY1
31
DAY2
11
District
S Tyneside
Easting
438323
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562298
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Cleadon
Description
House. Supposedly 1738 (rainwater heads) for John Dagnia of South Shields, glass
manufacturer. Brick with stone dressings; roof of plain tiles. Simple block
plan. 2 storeys, 5 windows, including a central Venetian staircase window, all
with broad moulded glazing bars, raised surrounds and projecting cills. Plinth,
raised quoins; band and coping to parapet of parallel-ridged roof; 4 corniced end
brick chimneys. Later porch off-centre; brick with raised quoins and raised
surround to door with 6 fielded panels; flat roof. South front to garden has
scrolled pediment to central door, moulded architraves to all windows, large
oblong fanlights with radial decoration above two side doors; a C19 conservatory
encloses the 3 doors. Interior: staircase has dado rail and cornice and a
wrought-iron balustrade of c.1750 in a rococo design of leaves, seed-pods and
curved bars; the front porch has been inserted beneath this; doors to main rooms
in hall have corniced picture-panels; fluted pilasters support an elliptical arch
to the narrower section of hall opposite the stairs. LISTED GRADE 2*
SITEASS
Pevsner - 1738, brick, of five bays and two storeys, with a central Venetian window on the street front, lighting a fine staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Supposedly 1738 (rainwater heads) for John Dagnia of South Shields, glass
manufacturer. Red brick (from Pelaw clays) with stone dressings; roof of plain tiles. Simple block plan. 2 storeys, 5 windows, including a central Venetian staircase window, all with broad moulded glazing bars, raised surrounds and projecting cills. Plinth, raised quoins; band and coping to parapet of parallel-ridged roof; 4 corniced end brick chimneys. Later porch off-centre; brick with raised quoins and raised surround to door with 6 fielded panels; flat roof. South front to garden has
scrolled pediment to central door, moulded architraves to all windows, large
oblong fanlights with radial decoration above two side doors; a C19 conservatory
encloses the 3 doors. Interior: staircase has dado rail and cornice and a
wrought-iron balustrade of c.1750 in a rococo design of leaves, seed-pods and
curved bars; the front porch has been inserted beneath this; doors to main rooms
in hall have corniced picture-panels; fluted pilasters support an elliptical arch
to the narrower section of hall opposite the stairs. Double-pile house meaning it is two rooms wide spanned by a double pitched roof with a central valley between. The house was set within a 15 acre pleasure garden (HER 12802) to the rear of Front Street. Only a fragment remains today as Coulthard Park. The house was sold after Dagnia's death and was eventually bought to by the Grey family in 1755. It was purchased from the Grey family's descendants by Bryan Abbs in 1813.
Site Name
Front Street, Cleadon House
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
8027
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/22; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2021
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
964
DAY1
31
DAY2
10
District
S Tyneside
Easting
438440
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Render
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562340
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Cleadon
Description
House. C18 incorporating parts of earlier house; 1890 reconstruction of tower.
Rendered with Welsh slate roof to house, flat roof to tower. L plan: cross gable
to street, tower in the angle. South elevation: 2 storeys, 3 windows, small
2-light over central door, upper right a square oriel with cornice, remainder
3-light mullioned; all openings with label moulds. Roof: 2 small gabled dormers
with barge-boards; gable coping; 2 end brick chimneys and one to cross gable;
crenellation to tower. Interior: C19 handrail to staircase with decorated tread
ends and one plain one turned baluster on each step; wide 3-centred arched stone
lintels to two fires on ground floor, chamfered with tongue stop and with 2-stepped
flat and tongue stop; another covered on ground floor; on first floor a chimney
piece with false 4-centred arch between tapered pilasters, fluted with heavily
moulded plinth and cornice, and the Chamber arms over; and some 2-panelled doors
with bolection-moulded architraves and panels over. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - parts date from c.1550 (see HER 964). A medieval pele-tower incorporated was removed c.1800). Samll symmetrical south elevation to the garden of stuccoed stone. One old square window above the Tudor-arched door; the other four altered but with original dripstones. New roof with two dormers. Inside four large contemporary fireplaces with four-centred arches, one with the arms of the Chambers family (ie pre-1670).
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. C18 incorporating parts of earlier house; 1890 reconstruction of tower.
Rendered with Welsh slate roof to house, flat roof to tower. L plan: cross gable
to street, tower in the angle. South elevation: 2 storeys, 3 windows, small
2-light over central door, upper right a square oriel with cornice, remainder
3-light mullioned; all openings with label moulds. Roof: 2 small gabled dormers
with barge-boards; gable coping; 2 end brick chimneys and one to cross gable;
crenellation to tower. Interior: C19 handrail to staircase with decorated tread
ends and one plain one turned baluster on each step; wide 3-centred arched stone
lintels to two fires on ground floor, chamfered with tongue stop and with 2-stepped
flat and tongue stop; another covered on ground floor; on first floor a chimney
piece with false 4-centred arch between tapered pilasters, fluted with heavily
moulded plinth and cornice, and the Chamber arms over; and some 2-panelled doors
with bolection-moulded architraves and panels over. The oldest building in Cleadon. Recorded by NAA and NEVAG in 2013-14 as part of the Cleadon Village Atlas Project. Building retains many features including a 16th century kitchen range, 17th century coat of arms fireplace and 17th-18th century doors.
Site Name
10 Front Street, Cleadon Tower
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8026
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/21; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas p108; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2013-14, Cleadon Tower Building Recording
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2016
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
31
DAY2
05
District
S Tyneside
Easting
438500
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MATERIAL
Wrought iron
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562350
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Cleadon
Description
Gates: C18, one modern copy. Wrought iron. Gate piers: 3 C18, stone rusticated and vermiculated, with projecting cornices and obelisk finials. Historical note: re-erected on this site at time Cleadon Tower was altered c.1890. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Identified as Vulnerable during Grade II Historic England Testing the National Framework Project 2015. Priority C - Slow Decay; no solution agreed
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Gates: C18, one modern copy. Wrought iron. Gate piers: 3 C18, stone rusticated and vermiculated, with projecting cornices and obelisk finials. Historical note: re-erected on this site at time Cleadon Tower was altered c.1890.
Site Name
Front Street, gates and piers
Site Type: Specific
Gate
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8025
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/20; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2015, The Cleadon Village Atlas; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2016
English, British
ADDITINF
N
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
31
DAY2
19
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432390
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
06
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564710
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jarrow
Description
This park entrance was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Park entrance. Dated 1876, ashlar sandstone and wrought iron. 4 piers to carriage and 2 pedestrian entrances and one pier to the west; tall, square, flat topped with plinths, friezes and projecting cornices; inscription con- tinuing along all friezes 'Given to the/people of Jarrow/by Sir Walter/and Lady James/September 1876'. Low curved wall from westernmost gate pier to fifth pier; snecked sandstone rubble, round coping. Carriage gates and 2 pedestrian gates: simple spiked standards; ball on each principal upright. Railings: outward-curved spiked standards between gates and fifth pier. Historical note: Sir Walter James, first Lord Northbourne (1816-1893) who was Liberal MP for Gateshead, married the daughter of Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn. Minute books of local Board of Health record plans submitted by Mr George Spain, agent for Sir W and Lady James.' LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Identified as Vulnerable during Grade II Historic England Testing the National Framework Project 2015. Priority C - Slow Decay; no solution agreed
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
This park entrance was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Park entrance. Dated 1876, ashlar sandstone and wrought iron. 4 piers to carriage and 2 pedestrian entrances and one pier to the west; tall, square, flat topped with plinths, friezes and projecting cornices; inscription con- tinuing along all friezes 'Given to the/people of Jarrow/by Sir Walter/and Lady James/September 1876'. Low curved wall from westernmost gate pier to fifth pier; snecked sandstone rubble, round coping. Carriage gates and 2 pedestrian gates: simple spiked standards; ball on each principal upright. Railings: outward-curved spiked standards between gates and fifth pier. Historical note: Sir Walter James, first Lord Northbourne (1816-1893) who was Liberal MP for Gateshead, married the daughter of Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn. Minute books of local Board of Health record plans submitted by Mr George Spain, agent for Sir W and Lady James.'
Site Name
Sussex Street, West Park, piers, walls, gates
Site Type: Specific
Gate
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8024
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/98; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025202
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2024
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
152, 8167, 11863
DAY1
31
DAY2
01
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432080
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563720
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Monkton
Description
This structure was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Boundary wall to garden. C18. Red brick in English garden wall bond of 5 rows of stretchers and one of headers having 2 gateways. West gateway sandstone piers supporting moulded lintel and finials; east gateway rendered stone surround. West gateway contains a panelled door, east gateway a boarded door.' {1}
This ivy clad wall is eroded in places. It has flat stone copes, colour-matched mortar, a bumper stone to the corner, sone pyramidal corner caps and several gateways set in stone piers. The east gateway on Monkton Lane has a boarded timber door with ornate door furniture in a rendered stone surround. The west gateway has a later panelled door. The listed brick wall has an unlisted stone rubble return along the north footpath. This has a third gateway with a stone lintel. The fourth gate is the carriage entrance with double timber gates between moulded stone piers with ogee finials. The entrance has been widened {2}. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Identified as Vulnerable during Grade II Historic England Testing the National Framework Project 2015. Priority C - Slow Decay; no solution agreed
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
This structure was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Boundary wall to garden. C18. Red brick in English garden wall bond of 5 rows of stretchers and one of headers having 2 gateways. West gateway sandstone piers supporting moulded lintel and finials; east gateway rendered stone surround. West gateway contains a panelled door, east gateway a boarded door.' {1}
This ivy clad wall is eroded in places. It has flat stone copes, colour-matched mortar, a bumper stone to the corner, sone pyramidal corner caps and several gateways set in stone piers. The east gateway on Monkton Lane has a boarded timber door with ornate door furniture in a rendered stone surround. The west gateway has a later panelled door. The listed brick wall has an unlisted stone rubble return along the north footpath. This has a third gateway with a stone lintel. The fourth gate is the carriage entrance with double timber gates between moulded stone piers with ogee finials. The entrance has been widened {2}.
Site Name
Monkton Lane, The Grange, walls, gateways and gates
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8023
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/93;
North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, March 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Appraisal;
N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition);
NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1025200
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2006
YEAR2
2025