Elswick, Rye Hill, Rye Hill House

HER Number:
8732

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Rye Hill, Rye Hill House

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, later hospital, now college. Circa 1840. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 4 windows, and 2-storey narrow end bays. Wide balustraded steps curve in to central glazed porch with double door and wide side lights in Tuscan pilasters under frieze with paterae. Aproned inner ground-floor sashes have round heads with archivolts and impost strings;architraves and bracketed hoods to end sashes and to those of first floor; bracketed sills and architraves to second floor sashes. Narrow sashes in end bays. Second-floor band; dentilled cornice; end bays have cornices, blocking courses and pediments with side consoles. Low-pitched hipped roof has rear ashlar chimney. First floor wrought iron balcony. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2387

Northing:
6381

Grid Reference:
NZ23876381

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, 1987, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/481; English Heritage, 2013, List Entry Number 1024764