20 Front Street

20 Front Street

HER Number
8246
District
Gateshead
Site Name
20 Front Street
Place
Whickham
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, formerly house and post office. Early C19 incorporating mid-C18 house.
Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and qouins; roof Welsh
slate with stone gable copings; pantile with stone gable copings to one-storey
one-bay set-back right extension. 2 corniced end brick chimneys to main house,
one to extension. 2 storeys and one; 4 windows. Tuscan doorcase, up 2 steps,
to 6-panelled door, upper panels glazed. All windows sashes with glazing bars
and sill bands and eaves band. Sill band also to extension, which has window
in broader box. Right return to village green has one sash window, door and
octagonal window in gable peak. Interior: high quality stucco decoration to
stair ceiling; one early C18 door first floor rear. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
420940
Northing
561300
Grid Reference
NZ420940561300
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 16/127