Bank Top House

HER Number:
12865

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Bank Top House

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1864. Built of stone with a slate pitched roof with white barge boards and original chimney. The windows have been replaced with new sash windows. Stone quoins and window dressings. In 2005 a two storey extension was added to the west elevation and a porch to the east. There are two barns - one has had its roof raised, the other has been rebuilt. A single storey garage has been added. The alterations have been sensitively done. The house is secluded and surrounded by allotments and open fields.

Easting:
416850

Northing:
565990

Grid Reference:
NZ416850565990

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2009, Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement and Management Plan, page 22