Tyne and Wear HER(8864): The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre) - Details
8864
Newcastle
The Close, toll house (Bridge Medical Centre)
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Transport
Road Transport Site
Toll House
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Extant Building
Toll house; later Coroner's Court, now offices. Circa 1870. Sandstone ashlar
with plinth; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. 2 steps to 4-panelled door
with overlight in segmental-headed surround with pilasters and voussoirs.
Keyed round-headed raised surrounds and bracketed sills to flanking sashes; 3
sashes above in plain reveals; all with late Cl9 glazing. End pilasters with
channelled rustication. Cornice and blocking course. LISTED GRADE 2
425150
563780
NZ425150563780
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 24/190; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 108; Milestone Society National ID Number: TW.NEW