Gatehouse to Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene Road
Gatehouse to Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene Road
HER Number
9044
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Gatehouse to Banqueting Hall, Jesmond Dene Road
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Unassigned
Site Type: Broad
Building
Site Type: Specific
Gatehouse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Gatehouse to Banqueting Hall. 1869-70 by R. Norman Shaw for Sir William
Armstrong. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; Welsh
slate roof with stone gable copings. Irregular plan, with gateway at left and
house at right. One storey and attics, 4 bays. Gothic style. Gabled left bay
has wide 2-centred- arched porch with head-stopped drip mould; ledge boarded door
with elaborate hinges under Tudor arch at right. Stone-muiiioned-and-transomed
windows. Central gabled half dormer. Carved panels above gateway have WGA at
left and 1870 at right. Steeply-pitched roof has roll-moulded coping and
finials; tall paired octagonal chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Armstrong. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; Welsh
slate roof with stone gable copings. Irregular plan, with gateway at left and
house at right. One storey and attics, 4 bays. Gothic style. Gabled left bay
has wide 2-centred- arched porch with head-stopped drip mould; ledge boarded door
with elaborate hinges under Tudor arch at right. Stone-muiiioned-and-transomed
windows. Central gabled half dormer. Carved panels above gateway have WGA at
left and 1870 at right. Steeply-pitched roof has roll-moulded coping and
finials; tall paired octagonal chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
426030
Northing
566540
Grid Reference
NZ426030566540
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/326; Historic England, 2015, List Entry Summary 1024855