Brandling House, caretaker's flat

Brandling House, caretaker's flat

HER Number
9231
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brandling House, caretaker's flat
Place
North Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Ancillary pavilion to country house, now residence and part of club. Dated 1757
on rainwater head. By James Paine for Charles and Elizabeth Brandling (CBE on
rainwater head). Sandstone ashlar with plinth; graduated Lakeland slate roof.
2 storeys, 5 bays and left coach-house extension of one storey, one bay. Rusticated
quoins to central 3 bays; Central double door and overlight with glazing bars;
C20 door with overlight in first bay. Fixed lights on ground floor; sashes with
glazing bars above flanked by niches in window-shaped recesses. First floor sill
string, dentilled eaves gutter cornice; parapet to hipped roof with central chimney.
Coach-house at left has inserted window with glazing bars in blocked segmental-
arched opening: panelled impost bands; eaves cornice and blocking course.V.R. letter-
box in left return. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
424880
Northing
571280
Grid Reference
NZ424880571280
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 4/54