Tyne Iron Works, manager's house and offices
Tyne Iron Works, manager's house and offices
HER Number
9132
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Tyne Iron Works, manager's house and offices
Place
Lemington
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
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 and office. Circa 1830 for Spencers' Iron Works. Sandstone and rubble with ashlar dressings, quoins and plinth; Welsh slate roof
with brick chimneys. 1-storey, 3-bay house; low 2-storey and 2-bay adjoining office set back slightly. House has central boarded door and large overlight under flat stone lintel; office door at left in later wood and glass porch. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to plain sash at left and renewed window at right end; flat stone lintels to inserted storage door at right of house and to upper office window. Low-pitched hipped roof with wide eaves has chimneys at left and at rear. Left return facing river has segmental arch and projecting stone sill to tripartite sash window with glazing bars; similar window but without glazing bars in rear. LISTED GRADE 2
with brick chimneys. 1-storey, 3-bay house; low 2-storey and 2-bay adjoining office set back slightly. House has central boarded door and large overlight under flat stone lintel; office door at left in later wood and glass porch. Wedge stone lintels and projecting stone sills to plain sash at left and renewed window at right end; flat stone lintels to inserted storage door at right of house and to upper office window. Low-pitched hipped roof with wide eaves has chimneys at left and at rear. Left return facing river has segmental arch and projecting stone sill to tripartite sash window with glazing bars; similar window but without glazing bars in rear. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
418480
Northing
564430
Grid Reference
NZ418480564430
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 10/25