High Street, Newburn House

High Street, Newburn House

HER Number
8914
District
Newcastle
Site Name
High Street, Newburn House
Place
Newburn
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
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 house and surgery. Mid-late C18. Sandstone rubble with quoins; rear to
street incised render; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings. L-plan.
2 storeys; 3 irregular bays with lower one-bay wings, the left breaking forward.
Pedimented Tuscan porch,at left of main house,with panelled, half-glazed door and
side lights. French window at right under flat stone lintel; similar lintels and
projecting stone sills to 3 windows above, one on each floor in gabled left wing,
and one in right wing. Roof has curved kneelers to main section; ashlar-corniced end
brick chimneys to this and to wings, and side chimney to wing breaking forward. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
416780
Northing
565250
Grid Reference
NZ416780565250
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 7/36; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, Newburn House, Newburn, Tyne and Wear - Archaeological Assessment