Farmhouse, now flats. Late seventeenth century or early eighteenth. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth. Welsh slate roof with two brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central renewed door with overlight. Renewed sashes. Stone lintels carved in imitation of voussoirs. Return gables have large irregular blocks forming low parapets to steeply-pitched roof. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
A neglected but attractive stone building dominating the Four Lane Ends junction.
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Farmhouse, now flats. Late seventeenth century or early eighteenth. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth. Welsh slate roof with two brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central renewed door with overlight. Renewed sashes. Stone lintels carved in imitation of voussoirs. Return gables have large irregular blocks forming low parapets to steeply-pitched roof.
Site Name
Manor House, Front Street
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7266
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 6/4
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
800
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
428540
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570910
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Killingworth
Description
House. Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Coursed squared red sandstone with quoins. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and two ashlar chimneys. Two storeys. Central 4-panelled door with ornamental overlight. Projecting stone lintels to door and to sash windows. Projecting stone sills. Paired wooden eaves gutter brackets; renewed gutter. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Coursed squared red sandstone with quoins. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and two ashlar chimneys. Two storeys. Central 4-panelled door with ornamental overlight. Projecting stone lintels to door and to sash windows. Projecting stone sills. Paired wooden eaves gutter brackets; renewed gutter. This was the residence of the Punshon family.
Site Name
Killingworth Cottage, West Lane
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7265
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/18; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 71; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 86
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
800
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
428380
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570930
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Killingworth
Description
House. Mid eighteenth century with twentieth century alterations. Coursed squared sandstone, some mottled pink, with quoins. Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. Two storeys with one storey extension to right. Central renewed door. Stone lintels. All windows renewed sashes of nineteenth century type. Gabled dormer. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
House. Mid eighteenth century with twentieth century alterations. Coursed squared sandstone, some mottled pink, with quoins. Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. Two storeys with one storey extension to right. Central renewed door. Stone lintels. All windows renewed sashes of nineteenth century type. Gabled dormer.
Site Name
East Farmhouse (Dacre House), West Lane
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7264
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/17
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
800
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
428080
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570980
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Killingworth
Description
Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1725 on lintel. Coursed squared sandstone. Pantiled roof with brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central boarded door under large stone lintel with inscription DP 1725 in shield. Lintels of ground floor windows carved in imitation of voussoirs. Flat stone lintels to smaller first floor windows. Late nineteenth century sash windows. No sills. Low gable parapets formed by large stepped blocks. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1725 on lintel. Coursed squared sandstone. Pantiled roof with brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central boarded door under large stone lintel with inscription DP (Deborah Potts) 1725 in shield. Lintels of ground floor windows carved in imitation of voussoirs. Flat stone lintels to smaller first floor windows. Late nineteenth century sash windows. No sills. Low gable parapets formed by large stepped blocks.
Site Name
North Farmhouse, West Lane
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7263
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/16; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 80
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Civil
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7260
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427920
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570940
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Killingworth
Description
Church hall. Circa 1869. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins. Welsh slate roof with ornamental red ridge tiles. One storey. Renewed door in arched surround. Sloping sills to paired lancet windows. Listed partly for group value with Church of St. John the Evangelist. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Church hall. Circa 1869. Snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and quoins. Welsh slate roof with ornamental red ridge tiles. One storey. Renewed door in arched surround. Sloping sills to paired lancet windows. Listed partly for group value with Church of St. John the Evangelist.
Site Name
Church Hall, West Lane
Site Type: Specific
Church Hall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7262
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/15
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7260
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427940
EASTING2
2791
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
570990
NORTHING2
7095
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Killingworth
Description
Gate piers, gates, overthrow, walls and railings. 1869, possibly by E. Bassett Keeling. Piers and walls - snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Tall square piers with plinths, with crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved on each side. Walls have chamfered coping. Gates - bands of cast iron geometric tracery on spike-headed wrought iron standards and dog bars. Railings have spiked standards and triple spear-headed principals. Included for group value with the church. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Gate piers, gates, overthrow, walls and railings. 1869, possibly by E. Bassett Keeling. Piers and walls - snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings. Tall square piers with plinths, with crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved on each side. Walls have chamfered coping. Gates - bands of cast iron geometric tracery on spike-headed wrought iron standards and dog bars. Railings have spiked standards and triple spear-headed principals. Listed for group value with the church.
Site Name
West Lane, gate piers, gates, walls, railings
Site Type: Specific
Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7261
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/14
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7261, 7262
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
427920
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
570990
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Killingworth
Description
Parish church. 1869 by E. Bassett Keeling. Sandstone, coursed and squared, with bands of red sandstone; rendered north nave wall. Welsh slate roof with stone copings. Nave and chancel with continuous shorter south aisle. Three-sided apse. West door in aisle in arch. Arched lancet windows in clerestory. Crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved in coping of buttresses. Interior - brick with ashlar dressings. Scissor-braced roof. Still-leaf arcade capitals. Priest's door under high pointed hood-mould. Stencilled decoration to chancel roof. Chancel floor of tiles and Frosterley marble contains brass memorial to first vicar, J.S. Blair, died 1890. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
A bold and competent treatment of early French Gothic with a good deal of originality of detail.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Parish church. 1869 by E. Bassett Keeling. Sandstone, coursed and squared, with bands of red sandstone; rendered north nave wall. Welsh slate roof with stone copings. Nave and chancel with continuous shorter south aisle. Three-sided apse. West door in aisle in arch. Arched lancet windows in clerestory. Crescents (emblem of Dukes of Northumberland) carved in coping of buttresses. Interior - brick with ashlar dressings. Scissor-braced roof. Still-leaf arcade capitals. Priest's door under high pointed hood-mould. Stencilled decoration to chancel roof. Chancel floor of tiles and Frosterley marble contains brass memorial to first vicar, J.S. Blair, died 1890.
Site Name
West Lane, Church of St. John the Evangelist
Site Type: Specific
Parish Church
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7260
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/13; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 79
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
429020
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571210
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Killingworth
Description
Farmhouse. Late eighteenth century. Coursed squared sandstone. Pantiled roof with stone gabled copings and two brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central 4-panelled door under ornamental overlight. Flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sash windows. Set-back wing with two windows and Dutch door under asymmetrical gable. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Farmhouse. Late eighteenth century. Coursed squared sandstone. Pantiled roof with stone gabled copings and two brick chimneys. Two storeys. Central 4-panelled door under ornamental overlight. Flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills to sash windows. Set-back wing with two windows and Dutch door under asymmetrical gable.
Site Name
East House Farmhouse
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7259
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 3/1
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
783
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
432270
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MATERIAL
Granite
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
572470
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Earsdon
Description
War memorial. Circa 1919. Granite, bronze lettering, iron railings. Granite statue of marine on tall square-faced granite plinth and pedestal with inset panels of names of the dead in Great War 1914 to 1918. Surrounding iron rail on cast iron spiral posts. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
War memorial. Circa 1919. Granite, bronze lettering, iron railings. Granite statue of marine on tall square-faced granite plinth and pedestal with inset panels of names of the dead in Great War 1914 to 1918. Surrounding iron rail on cast iron spiral posts. Unveiled on 21st December 1924 by Lieut. Col. Sir Alexander Leith, Bart. Sculptor was Mr Stewart of Aberdeen. Earsdon was one of the first places occupied by the 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who were billeted in the White House (HER 8661), home of Col. Rilter, founder of the Old Volunteers in 1850.
Site Name
Earsdon, Front Street, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7258
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/35; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) E3.01; Shields Daily News 4th June 1924; Morpeth Herald 11th November 1924 and 26th December 1924
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2005
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Unassigned
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
7256
DAY1
27
District
N Tyneside
Easting
432200
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
6
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
572410
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Earsdon
Description
Oven. Possibly seventeenth century. Large sandstone rubble with quoins. One storey. Square. Low entrance in west elevation has tudor-arched head. Left return has square opening with wood lintel. Rear has high small square opening. Interior - round with stone domed roof; one metre deep entrance passage has flue-like recess at right. Blocked opening at rear with fluted cast iron pipe in stone surround. Tall wall attached. Listed for group value with The Garth. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Oven
SITEDESC
Oven. Possibly seventeenth century. Large sandstone rubble with quoins. One storey. Square. Low entrance in west elevation has tudor-arched head. Left return has square opening with wood lintel. Rear has high small square opening. Interior - round with stone domed roof; one metre deep entrance passage has flue-like recess at right. Blocked opening at rear with fluted cast iron pipe in stone surround. Tall wall attached. Listed for group value with The Garth.
Site Name
Front Street, The Garth, oven and wall
Site Type: Specific
Oven
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
7257
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/34