The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre)

HER Number:
8864

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre)

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Toll House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Toll house; later Coroner's Court, now offices. Circa 1870. Sandstone ashlar with plinth; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. 2 steps to 4-panelled door with overlight in segmental-headed surround with pilasters and voussoirs. Keyed round-headed raised surrounds and bracketed sills to flanking sashes; 3 sashes above in plain reveals; all with late Cl9 glazing. End pilasters with channelled rustication. Cornice and blocking course. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
425150

Northing:
563780

Grid Reference:
NZ425150563780

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/190; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 108; Milestone Society National ID Number: TW.NEW