Birtley, Vigo Lane, Vigo and garden wall
Birtley, Vigo Lane, Vigo and garden wall
HER Number
8345
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Birtley, Vigo Lane, Vigo and garden wall
Place
Birtley
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
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. 1810, dated from deeds. Coursed squared stone with quoins. Hipped
Welsh slate roof with cornice-banded stone chimneys; bracketed cast-iron
eaves gutter. L-plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 3 bays with central plain
classical ashlar doorcase to reproduction 6-panel door and oblong fanlight.
Painted stone lintels and slightly projecting sills to sash windows with
glazing bars, 4-bay right return with similar windows, the 2 end bays of lower
roof line. Rear walls rubble.
Interior shows original 6-panel doors and architraves,most cornices,window
panelling and shutters, 2 carved marble chimney-pieces and staircase with
shaped tread ends.
Attached to left return a tall wall of brick, with stone flat coping and
stone inner leaf, runs westwards. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof with cornice-banded stone chimneys; bracketed cast-iron
eaves gutter. L-plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 3 bays with central plain
classical ashlar doorcase to reproduction 6-panel door and oblong fanlight.
Painted stone lintels and slightly projecting sills to sash windows with
glazing bars, 4-bay right return with similar windows, the 2 end bays of lower
roof line. Rear walls rubble.
Interior shows original 6-panel doors and architraves,most cornices,window
panelling and shutters, 2 carved marble chimney-pieces and staircase with
shaped tread ends.
Attached to left return a tall wall of brick, with stone flat coping and
stone inner leaf, runs westwards. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
428120
Northing
554130
Grid Reference
NZ428120554130
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 14/5