5 Saville Place and railings in front

5 Saville Place and railings in front

HER Number
8748
District
Newcastle
Site Name
5 Saville Place and railings in front
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
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, now offices. Circa 1810. English bond brick with painted ashlar plinth
and dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys and attics; 5 bays. 3 steps to central
6-panelled door and overlight in architrave surround with pilasters and plain
entablature under prominent cornice. Wedge stone lintels to all windows, those
on ground floor lengthened; plain sashes to upper floors, and projecting stone
sills to second floor. Bands at former ground-floor sill and first-floor sill
level. Eaves band and gutter cornice. One original, flanked by 2 later pedimented
dormers. End chimneys. Spear-headed railings and one urn-finialled principal
flank steps to door. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425070
Northing
564670
Grid Reference
NZ425070564670
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 17/515; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190