16 Westoe Village, La Tourelle
16 Westoe Village, La Tourelle
HER Number
11795
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
16 Westoe Village, La Tourelle
Place
Westoe
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Town House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Baroque revival style. Spacially complex and brimming with decoration. A tall narrow Baroque mansion like Ravensworth and The Briary (HER 8128) alongside. The flower motif on the finials is copied on the modern railings.
Easting
437130
Northing
566020
Grid Reference
NZ437130566020
Sources
North East Civic Trust & South Tyneside Council, 2002, Westoe Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, Westoe Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 10; A. Flagg, date unknown, 'Westoe Village', unpublished text held by South Shields Local Studies Library; G. Hodgson, 1924, History of South Shields; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham