Benwell Lane, Victoria School of the Blind, lodge
Benwell Lane, Victoria School of the Blind, lodge
HER Number
9020
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benwell Lane, Victoria School of the Blind, lodge
Place
Benwell
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
Site Type: Specific
Gate Lodge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Lodge to former Benwell Dene house. 1865 by Alfred Waterhouse for Dr. Thomas
Hodgkin. Hammer-dressed snecked sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings;
graduated dark slate roof with stone gable copings. One storey, one bay and
left porch. Canted bay window with hipped roof under pierced roundel in gable
peak. Shouldered chamfer to windows. Plain chamfered window in porch. Left
return of porch has shouldered surround to door under gable. Clove finials to
roof, that at front damaged. Tall coped ridge chimney with open top panels. LISTED GRADE 2
Hodgkin. Hammer-dressed snecked sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings;
graduated dark slate roof with stone gable copings. One storey, one bay and
left porch. Canted bay window with hipped roof under pierced roundel in gable
peak. Shouldered chamfer to windows. Plain chamfered window in porch. Left
return of porch has shouldered surround to door under gable. Clove finials to
roof, that at front damaged. Tall coped ridge chimney with open top panels. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
421270
Northing
564300
Grid Reference
NZ421270564300
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 11/99