Jesmond Dene Road, Racquet Court

Real tennis court and house, now badminton and real tennis club;by F.W. Rich
for Sir Andrew Noble. Flemish garden wall bond brick with ashlar and terracotta
dressings; roof of plain tiles with terracotta gable copings; lead turret roofs.
One high storey, 8 bays and 2-storey ninth bay. Pent entrance extension on
right return; low 4-bay pent front extension. South elevation: large round
windows, with pivoted central section and metal glazing bars, in keyed ashlar and
terracotta surrounds; bays defined by buttresses. Ninth bay has upper 4-light
stone-mullioned window. Pentice in front of 4 right bays has sash windows,
tripartite in gabled alternate bays. Tall octagonal corner turrets have
terracotta strings; cornices and high domes with ball finials. Right return
entrance porch has arts-and-crafts Gothic style ornament above elliptical open
arch; parapet with high spike finials. Wood gallery on rear. LISTED GRADE 2