English, British
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566490
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Wallsend
Description
Town Hall, now Borough offices. 1907-8 by E.F.W. Liddle and P.L. Brown for the Borough of Wallsend. Bright red brick with ashlar plinth and dressings. Welsh slate roof with copper corner turret roof. Baroque style. Two storeys. Round-headed double door and balustraded balcony to first floor window under arch. Borough arms in panel above. Round-headed mullioned and transomed windows in ground floor. Sash windows first floor with Ionic columns and balustraded parapet. Clock in right pavilion. Opened 16th September 1908 and cost £15,657. The council chamber is lit by nine stained glass windows representing local heraldic devices. The clock was presented by first Mayor, William Boyd.
SITEASS
Pevsner - 1907-8 by E.F.W. Liddle & P.L. Brown, a vigorous composition expressive of the town's prosperity. Baroque, in the spirit of John Belcher's winning design of 1897 for Colchester Town Hall. Bright red brick with ashlar plinth and dressings. Right corner turret with copper roof. Tripartite window with balustraded balcony over central door. Attached Ionic order on first floor and borough arms. The fire station behind, in Lawson Street, and the public baths, which complete the block, were all part of the same scheme.
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Town Hall, now Borough offices. 1907-8 by E.F.W. Liddle and P.L. Brown for the Borough of Wallsend. Bright red brick with ashlar plinth and dressings. Welsh slate roof with copper corner turret roof. Baroque style. Two storeys. Round-headed double door and balustraded balcony to first floor window under arch. Borough arms in panel above. Round-headed mullioned and transomed windows in ground floor. Sash windows first floor with Ionic columns and balustraded parapet. Clock in right pavilion. Opened 16th September 1908 and cost £15,657. The council chamber is lit by nine stained glass windows representing local heraldic devices. The clock was presented by first Mayor, William Boyd.
Site Name
Town Hall, High Street East
Site Type: Specific
Town Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7366
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/155; W. Richardson, 1923, History of Parish of Wallsend, pp 393-5
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7364
DAY1
28
DAY2
25
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Render
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566880
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
School, now private residence. 1748 gift to village by Isabel Stewart, daughter of James Moncaster of Newcastle and Wallsend; 1819, porch restored c1980. Rendered; rubble rear with ashlar quoins; pantiled roof. Two storeys. One-storey entrance porch. Renewed door. Sash windows. Roof has low gable parapet and a rendered chimney. Dame Eleanor Allan (founder of Dame Allan's school in 1705 which still exists) tuaght for short period in this house, before founding the school. In 1748 the house was officially donated to become the village school. Following the dereliction of Holy Cross Church after 1797, it was used temporarily as a church, from 1804, until 1809 when St. Peter's Church opened. During that period, the famous engineer, Robert Stephenson was baptised there (22 January 1804). Reverted to use as private dwelling in 1835. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
School, now private residence. 1748 gift to village by Isabel Stewart, daughter of James Moncaster of Newcastle and Wallsend; 1819, porch restored c1980. Rendered; rubble rear with ashlar quoins; pantiled roof. Two storeys. One-storey entrance porch. Renewed door. Sash windows. Roof has low gable parapet and a rendered chimney. Dame Eleanor Allan (founder of Dame Allan's school in 1705 which still exists) taught for short period in this house, before founding the school. In 1748 the house was officially donated to become the village school. Following the dereliction of Holy Cross Church after 1797, it was used temporarily as a church, from 1804, until 1809 when St. Peter's Church opened. During that period, the famous engineer, Robert Stephenson was baptised there (22 January 1804). Reverted to use as private dwelling in 1835. Smooth render to the front and side, painted off-white.
Site Name
Wallsend, The Green, Cross House
Site Type: Specific
School
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7365
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/154; W. Richardson, 1923, History of Parish of Wallsend; North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; William Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend; Ken Hutchinson, 2005, Images of England: Wallsend
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7365
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566880
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
Schoolmaster's house, now private residence. Mid to late eighteenth century. English garden wall bond brick; Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. Two storeys. Glazed door in later Tuscan porch. Elliptical brick arches to sash windows. Three brick chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Schoolmaster's house, now private residence. Mid to late eighteenth century. English garden wall bond brick; Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. Two storeys. Glazed door in later Tuscan porch. Elliptical brick arches to sash windows. Three brick chimneys {1}. A previous owner is reported to have found a beam dated 1690. Joseph Mordue Junior took over from his father as school master in 1818. He built a brewery behind the old school house. Mordue Brewery was revived in 1995 and continues to brew on a new site north of The Green CA {2}.
Site Name
Wallsend, The Green, Jasmine House
Site Type: Specific
Teachers House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7364
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/153; W. Richardson, 1923, History of Parish of Wallsend; North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; William Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend; Ken Hutchinson, 2005, Images of England: Wallsend
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
28
DAY2
25
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430120
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
2
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 36 NW 245
Northing
566960
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
House, now hospital. Early nineteenth century. Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; Westmorland slate roof. Three storeys with two-storey extension. Central twentieth century door in pedimented Tuscan porch. Sash windows. Inserted stone-mullioned window to left of door. Ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. On Ordnance Survey this is labelled as "The Hall". LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House (Wallsend Hall), now hospital. Early nineteenth century. Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings; Westmorland slate roof. Three storeys with two-storey extension. Central twentieth century door in pedimented Tuscan porch. Sash windows. Inserted stone-mullioned window to left of door. Ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. On Ordnance Survey this is labelled as "The Hall" {1}. Replaced an earlier Hall, which in 1800 was owned by William Clark, who would become Wallsend's first mayor. The existing Hall was built by the Moncaster family, merchant venturers from Newcastle. In 1856 Robert Richardson Dees, Newcastle solicitor, moved into the Hall, which had extensive gardens, wooded walks beside the Wallsend Burn, cultivated areas on the south facing slopes above, including a vinery with its own well. In 1914 Sir George Burton Hunter bought the Hall and grounds. He presented them to the mayor and Corporation in 1919. Wallsend Hall became a hospital with a maternity ward for Wallsend and Willington in the 1920s. It was later renamed the Sir GB Hunter Memorial Hospital. It served as quarters for local soldiers during the Second World War. The Hall Grounds became an extension to the neighbouring public park. In 1940 the health centre was built in the grounds to the east of the Hall. In the 1950s part of the Hall was extended and became a Civic Hall with function rooms for use by the council and for hire. The existing surgery was built in the 1980s.
Site Name
Sir G.B. Hunter Memorial Hospital, The Green
Site Type: Specific
Country House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7363
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/152; North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; William Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend; Ken Hutchinson, 2005, Images of England: Wallsend
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
9318
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429920
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Ashlar; Bronze
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566320
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Wallsend
Description
War memorial. Dated 1925. Statues and low reliefs signed R. Hedley of Newcastle. Bronze statues and relief panels on ashlar. Statues of marine and soldier on column pedestals. Round-arched panel with plaques showing names of members of staff and workmen of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd who died in the Great War 1914-1918. Central low relief of man in shed operating plate-punching machine. High relief of naval ship off mouth of Tyne. Iron gate of geometric pattern and spear-headed railings enclose the area in front. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
First World War memorial with Second World War additions by Roger Hedley. Dated 1925. Statues and low reliefs signed R. Hedley of Newcastle. Cast by Singers Foundry. Bronze statues and relief panels on ashlar. Statues of marine and soldier on column pedestals. Round-arched panel with plaques showing names of members of staff and workmen of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd who died in the Great War 1914-1918. Central low relief of man in shed operating plate-punching machine. High relief of naval ship off mouth of Tyne. Iron gate of geometric pattern and spear-headed railings enclose the area in front. Commissioned by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd {1}. The bronze memorial plaques were stolen in 2008. Used to be listed separately, in 2013 the memorial was included in a new listing for the memorial hall (HER 9318).
Site Name
Frank Street, Swan Hunter Memorial Hall, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7362
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 6/151; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 212-3; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) W7.03; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1413255
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7360
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
431790
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567720
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Willington
Description
Parish church. 1876 by Austin and Johnson. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Nave and south porch; chancel with north vestry. Early English style. Door with elaborate hinges and handle in porch. Nave has lancet windows. Roof has bellcote, cross finials. Interior - plaster with ashlar dressings, king-post roof. Corbelled arches. Aumbry with canopy in south chancel. Octagonal stone font. High quality rood screen commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee; Gothic style pulpit is a World War One memorial. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Parish church. 1876 by Austin and Johnson. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Nave and south porch; chancel with north vestry. Early English style. Door with elaborate hinges and handle in porch. Nave has lancet windows. Roof has bellcote, cross finials. Interior - plaster with ashlar dressings, king-post roof. Corbelled arches. Aumbry with canopy in south chancel. Octagonal stone font. High quality rood screen commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee; Gothic style pulpit is a World War One memorial.
Site Name
Churchill Street, Church of St. Mary
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7361
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/150
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7361
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
431720
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567690
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Willington
Description
Vicarage, now private residence. Probably 1876 by Austin and Johnson. Eighteenth century style. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar dressings and rusticated quoins. Welsh slate roof. Two storeys and attics. Rear extension of two lower storeys. One storey rear kitchen wing. Sash windows. Three half dormers. Ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. Two-panelled door under moulded frieze and small pediment. Rear shows Venetian stair window. Interior - window shutters; stucco cornices, panelled doors, marble chimney pieces, rear stair with fat turned balusters and grip handrail. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
Vicarage, now private residence. Probably 1876 by Austin and Johnson. Eighteenth century style. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar dressings and rusticated quoins. Welsh slate roof. Two storeys and attics. Rear extension of two lower storeys. One storey rear kitchen wing. Sash windows. Three half dormers. Ashlar-corniced brick chimneys. Two-panelled door under moulded frieze and small pediment. Rear shows Venetian stair window. Interior - window shutters; stucco cornices, panelled doors, marble chimney pieces, rear stair with fat turned balusters and grip handrail.
Site Name
Elmgrove, 69 Churchill Street
Site Type: Specific
Vicarage
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7360
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/149
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1191
DAY1
28
DAY2
25
District
N Tyneside
Easting
431090
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566850
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
Milestone. Late eighteenth century. Sandstone. Round-headed stone about 1/2 metre high. Large figure 6 on side facing road. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Milestone
SITEDESC
Milestone. Late eighteenth century. Sandstone. Round-headed stone about 1/2 metre high. Large figure 6 on side facing road.
Site Name
Wallsend, A193, Church Bank, milestone
Site Type: Specific
Milestone
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7359
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/148; North Tyneside Council, Environment, Regeneration & Housing Directorate, 2005, St. Peters, Wallsend Draft Conservation Area Character Statement; Milestone Society National ID Number: NB_NCWE06
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2013
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7357
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430950
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Wrought iron
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566710
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
Stocks. 1816. Wrought iron stocks installed to punish sabbath-breakers. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
SITEDESC
Stocks. 1816. Wrought iron stocks installed to punish sabbath-breakers. Has three holes.
Site Name
Church of St. Peter, stocks
Site Type: Specific
Stocks
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7358
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/147; W. Richardon, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, pp 123-144; North Tyneside Council, Environment, Regeneration & Housing Directorate, 2005, St. Peters, Wallsend Draft Conservation Area Character Statement
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11873
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
430970
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566710
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Wallsend
Description
Parish church dated 1809 and restoration 1892 on brass plaque in porch. Paid for by tontine and partly by Dean and Chapter of Durham. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth; snecked sandstone additions of chancel and south aisle, tower buttresses and stair turret. Welsh slate roofs. Stone flags to stair turret. Perpendicular style. Pointed-arched west door in chamfered moulded surround in orch of tower. Belfry openings in upper stages of tower. Slit windows in octagonal stair turret. Battlemented parapet with gargoyles. Square-headed chancel windows under flower-ornamented string on grotesque animal corbels. Interior - plaster with ashlar dressings above panelled dado. Wide chancel arch on octagonal columns. Hammer-beam and king post nave roof, with large angels on hammers. Panelled chancel roof. Font resited from Holy Cross Church. Glass in south aisle by Atkinson, in north aisle by Ethel Rhine Strang. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Parish church dated 1809 and [enlargement/Gothicised] restoration [by W.S. Hicks] in 1892 on brass plaque in porch. Except for the shape of the nave (without aisles) there is nothing late Georgian left. Paid for by tontine (in which the last survivor of several subscribers gains the prize) and partly by Dean and Chapter of Durham. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth; snecked sandstone additions of chancel and south aisle, tower buttresses and stair turret. Welsh slate roofs. Stone flags to stair turret. Perpendicular style. Pointed-arched west door in chamfered moulded surround in porch of tower. Belfry openings in upper stages of tower. Slit windows in octagonal stair turret. Battlemented parapet with gargoyles. Square-headed chancel windows under flower-ornamented string on grotesque animal corbels. Interior - plaster with ashlar dressings above panelled dado. Wide chancel arch on octagonal columns. Hammer-beam and king post nave roof, with large angels on hammers. Panelled chancel roof. Medieval font re-sited from Holy Cross Church. Some interesting modern stained glass - glass in south aisle by Atkinson, in north aisle by Ethel Rhine Strang c. 1921. North central window by Wilhelmina Geddes c. 1912. South chancel chapel second window by Michael Healey. East window by Bacon Bros. {1}. Built to replace the medieval church of Holy Cross which stands 1/2 mile to the north-west. The church was built on a field called Three Nooked Close owned by a Mrs Waters. The foundation stone was laid on November 10th 1807. On April 27th 1809 the church was dedicated to St. Peter and the burial ground consecrated. In 1830 two additional side galleries were added 'to be free and appropriated forever for the use of the poor'. In 1833 a schoolhouse was built on the north side of the churchyard and extended in 1874 and 1905. The font from Holy Cross church was found in Wallsend Burn in the 1800s and taken to Carville Hall. Mr Wigham Richardson gave it to the church in 1891. A rectory was built behind the church in 1852. In 1892 the tower was altered. The interior of the church was gutted, the seating arrangements dramatically changed, windows taken out and the roof and spire removed. The church has the largest single collection of Irish glass in England. The churchyard was the burial place for 75 miners killed in the Heaton Disaster of 1815 and 102 miners killed in the Wallsend Colliery Disaster of 1835 {3}.
Site Name
Wallsend, Church Bank, Church of St. Peter
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7357
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/146; W. Richardon, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, pp 123-144; North Tyneside Council, Environment, Regeneration & Housing Directorate, 2005, St. Peters, Wallsend Draft Conservation Area Character Statement
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005