5 Saville Place and railings in front

HER Number:
8748

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
5 Saville Place and railings in front

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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, now offices. Circa 1810. English bond brick with painted ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys and attics; 5 bays. 3 steps to central 6-panelled door and overlight in architrave surround with pilasters and plain entablature under prominent cornice. Wedge stone lintels to all windows, those on ground floor lengthened; plain sashes to upper floors, and projecting stone sills to second floor. Bands at former ground-floor sill and first-floor sill level. Eaves band and gutter cornice. One original, flanked by 2 later pedimented dormers. End chimneys. Spear-headed railings and one urn-finialled principal flank steps to door. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
425070

Northing:
564670

Grid Reference:
NZ425070564670

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 17/515; Grace McCombie, 2009, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Newcastle and Gateshead, p 190