Vicarage, now two separate dwellings. Circa 1820. Tooled coursed squared
sandstone with ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings; steeply pitched roof
of Welsh slate with chamfered stone gable copings on curved kneelers
Jacobean style. Two storeys, 3 x 4 windows. East (garden) front of three
windows, projecting gable at left over canted bay windows of 1, 3 and 1
lights, drip string to ground floor. Bracketed cast iron gutter,parapet
band. Central half-glazed, door in projecting chamfered Tudor-arched
surround under cornice and blocking course; 3-light window in third bay;
2-light windows above under gabled dormers. All windows are stone-mullioned
sashes with glazing bars in chamfered stone surrounds under label moulds.
Octagonal stone shafts support ball finials at gables. Similar features
on right return and inserted door. Roof has conjoined octagonal ashlar
chimneys at right end and between bays one and two of main front; one at
rear left return, 2 on right return. Interior of the Old Vicarage has
Gothick pilasters flanking main room window; 3 over 3 vertical panels to
doors in deep panelled reveals. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
SITEDESC
Vicarage, now two separate dwellings. Circa 1820. Tooled coursed squared sandstone with ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings; steeply pitched roof of Welsh slate with chamfered stone gable copings on curved kneelers Jacobean style. Two storeys, 3 x 4 windows. East (garden) front of three windows, projecting gable at left over canted bay windows of 1, 3 and 1 lights, drip string to ground floor. Bracketed cast iron utter, parapet band. Central half-glazed, door in projecting chamfered Tudor-arched surround under cornice and blocking course; 3-light window in third bay; 2-light windows above under gabled dormers. All windows are stone-mullioned sashes with glazing bars in chamfered stone surrounds under label moulds. Octagonal stone shafts support ball finials at gables. Similar features on right return and inserted door. Roof has conjoined octagonal ashlar chimneys at right end and between bays one and two of main front; one at rear left return, 2 on right return. Interior of the Old Vicarage has Gothick pilasters flanking main room window; 3 over 3 vertical panels to doors in deep panelled reveals.
Site Name
The Old Vicarage and Kenmore
Site Type: Specific
Vicarage
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8354
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/69 and 12/69; Gateshead Council, April 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Proposed Lamesley Conservation Area, pp 82-85 (Supplementary Planning Guidance), pp 88-90; Gateshead Council, July 2003, Lamesley Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategy and Character Statement (Appendix to Supplementary Planning Guidance 1), pp 29-34
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
8367
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
421640
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Whickham
Description
Farm buildings (formerly Dunston West Farm). Mid C18. Coursed squared sandstone with quoins; corrugated
iron roof with flat stone coping. One storey. Gable end to street
has eaves level band with raised stone surround to blocked lunette
above. Blocked door beneath. 2-bay returns. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Farm buildings (formerly Dunston West Farm). Mid C18. Coursed squared sandstone with quoins; corrugated
iron roof with flat stone coping. One storey. Gable end to street
has eaves level band with raised stone surround to blocked lunette
above. Blocked door beneath. 2-bay returns.
Site Name
Whickham Highway, farm building
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8353
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/144
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
420540
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561250
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Whickham
Description
House. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone; pantiled roof with one end brick
chimney. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Glazed door under blocked fanlight at left bay,
pointed-headed passage door under slatted over-light in third bay; C20
windows in between flat stone lintels to all openings; projecting window sills.
Included for group value. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. Late C18. Coursed squared sandstone; pantiled roof with one end brick
chimney. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Glazed door under blocked fanlight at left bay,
pointed-headed passage door under slatted over-light in third bay; C20
windows in between flat stone lintels to all openings; projecting window sills.
Included for group value.
Site Name
69 Front Street
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8352
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 17/131
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
421210
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Whickham
Description
House and wing, now 3 separate dwellings. Mid C18 with C19 alterations. Sandstone
ashlar; alternate raised quoins to main house; brick back with stone dressings to
wing. Graduated Westmorland slate roofs with flat stone gable copings; kneelers
to wing. 2 corniced brick and ashlar chimneys. Main house: 2 storeys and attic,
5 windows. Central 8-panelled door in lugged architrave and flat Doric doorcase,
with triglyph frieze. All windows sashes with glazinq bars in lugged architraves,
under projecting cornices. Eaves cornice with high parapet; 2 C20 wood dormers
with bargeboards; roof raised to top of parapet. Rear elevation; raised surround
to round-headed stair window with keystone and impost blocks. Round bow at left
rear has 3 sash windows, sill and eaves bands, and cornice. Interior: decorated
tread ends and turned balusters to wide stair with wreathed grip handrail and
curtail; panelled dado. Wing of 2 low storeys, 2 windows. 6-panelled door
inserted at left in flat Tuscan door case; half-glazed door in third bay; flat
stone lintels and projecting stone sills to C20 windows. Lower 2-storey set-back
at right: C20 door and 3 windows; large sash with qlazinq bars in third bay. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - "A fine mid-C18 five-bay house, its broad doorway with Tuscan pilasters, and a less formal wing to the right".
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House and wing, now 3 separate dwellings. Mid C18 with C19 alterations. Sandstone
ashlar; alternate raised quoins to main house; brick back with stone dressings to
wing. Graduated Westmorland slate roofs with flat stone gable copings; kneelers
to wing. 2 corniced brick and ashlar chimneys. Main house: 2 storeys and attic,
5 windows. Central 8-panelled door in lugged architrave and flat Doric doorcase,
with triglyph frieze. All windows sashes with glazinq bars in lugged architraves,
under projecting cornices. Eaves cornice with high parapet; 2 C20 wood dormers
with bargeboards; roof raised to top of parapet. Rear elevation; raised surround
to round-headed stair window with keystone and impost blocks. Round bow at left
rear has 3 sash windows, sill and eaves bands, and cornice. Interior: decorated
tread ends and turned balusters to wide stair with wreathed grip handrail and
curtail; panelled dado. Wing of 2 low storeys, 2 windows. 6-panelled door
inserted at left in flat Tuscan door case; half-glazed door in third bay; flat
stone lintels and projecting stone sills to C20 windows. Lower 2-storey set-back
at right: C20 door and 3 windows; large sash with qlazinq bars in third bay.
Site Name
Front Street, Whickham Lodge
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8351
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 17/135
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
420840
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
561290
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
Memorial 1860 by John Norven of Swalwell to commemorate John English, mason.
Sandstone. Rusticated square plinth to pedestal and bust of John English.
Historical note: English was renowned for his strength.
Resited beside the house he built by Tyne and Wear CC from its original position
on Fellside, beside the house be built. Source: W Bourn, Annals of the Parish
of Whickham, Consett, 1982, pp 134-5. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - "a bust on a tall column, to commemorate a stonemason who was famous as a strong man. Moved from Hollinside to the entrance of Church Chare".
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
Memorial 1860 by John Norven of Swalwell to commemorate John English, mason.
Sandstone. Rusticated square plinth to pedestal and bust of John English.
Historical note: English was renowned for his strength.
Original position was in the garden of English's house (which he built himself) in Woodhouses Lane, Fellside. In the late 1970s it was broken into three pieces by vandals. It was restored in 1977 by Aidan Wallace and donated to the town by the landowner, Bellway Homes and moved to its site on Front Street in 1978.
Site Name
Front Street, bust of John English
Site Type: Specific
Effigy
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8350
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 16/126; W Bourn, Annals of the Parish of Whickham, Consett, 1982, pp 134-5; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 216-7
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
419500
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
2 former east lodges with gate piers to Gibside Estate. Circa 1860. Sandstone
ashlar in Gothic style. Side walls rubble stone. One-storey, one-bay,
square lodges with plinth, cornice and castellated parapet. 4-panel doors
on inner returns have pointed fanlights in stepped, 2-centred-arched recesses,
the whole in slightly projecting sections. Each front has a pointed-arched
sash window. Moulded and fluted impost strings. Piers: 2 ashlar piers
between the lodges. Square plinths. Roll mouldings to plinth and beneath
overhanging cornices; shallow pyramidal caps. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
SITEDESC
2 former east lodges with gate piers to Gibside Estate. Circa 1860. Sandstone
ashlar in Gothic style. Side walls rubble stone. One-storey, one-bay,
square lodges with plinth, cornice and castellated parapet. 4-panel doors
on inner returns have pointed fanlights in stepped, 2-centred-arched recesses,
the whole in slightly projecting sections. Each front has a pointed-arched
sash window. Moulded and fluted impost strings. Piers: 2 ashlar piers
between the lodges. Square plinths. Roll mouldings to plinth and beneath
overhanging cornices; shallow pyramidal caps.
Site Name
Fellside Road, lodges and gate piers
Site Type: Specific
Gate Lodge
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8349
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 10/125
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
8222
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
418310
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Sandstone; Wrought Iron
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563280
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Blaydon
Description
Walls, piers and railings. C1909 by T Morson. Retaining walls of stone, supporting
stone piers with wrought iron railings between, form boundary to entrances and
playgrounds of Blaydon West Junior and Infant Schools. All gate piers square with
flat coping and ball finials. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Walls, piers and railings. C1909 by T Morson. Retaining walls of stone, supporting stone piers with wrought iron railings between, form boundary to entrances and playgrounds of Blaydon West Junior and Infant Schools. All gate piers square with flat coping and ball finials.
Site Name
Blaydon West Junior School, walls, piers and railing
Site Type: Specific
Wall
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8348
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/12
YEAR1
2006
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
412840
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557610
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Chopwell
Description
House and cottage, now 2 separate dwellings. Probably early C18;
refenestrated and re-roofed second quarter C19. Coursed squared sandstone
with quoins; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings on curved
kneelers; 3 banded brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 6 bays.Glazed door in
fifth bay under patterned overlight; windows mostly sashes with glazing
bars; raised stone surrounds to all openings. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House and cottage, now 2 separate dwellings. Probably early C18;
refenestrated and re-roofed second quarter C19. Coursed squared sandstone
with quoins; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings on curved
kneelers; 3 banded brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 6 bays.Glazed door in
fifth bay under patterned overlight; windows mostly sashes with glazing
bars; raised stone surrounds to all openings.
Site Name
Chopwell Woods, Carr House
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8347
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/9
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1935
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
418920
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MATERIAL
Rubble
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
562120
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Axwell Park
Description
Dovecot. Late C18/early C19. Coursed rubble; roof of Welsh slate.
Circular, straight-sided tower with irregular stone lintel and curved stone
sill to doorway; small square window above has stone lintel. Interior:
stone flagged floor; pigeon holes around walls; boarded floor half-way up. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
The dovecot is one of only two listed dovecots in Tyne and Wear. The survival of the nesting boxes gives this structure added status, although it is probable that the high level bird access, presumably through a cupola at the apex of the roof, has been lost. It is probably the only circular tower type in the North East. Attractive and architecturally interesting it is also the oldest building in the farm group. The dovecot dates to the turn of the 19th century in the form of a straight sided circular tower built of coursed rubble with a Welsh slate roof. The pigeon nesting boxes still line the interior.
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Dovecot. Late C18/early C19. Coursed rubble; roof of Welsh slate. Circular, straight-sided tower with irregular stone lintel and curved stone sill to doorway; small square window above has stone lintel. Interior: stone flagged floor; pigeon holes around walls; boarded floor half-way up.
Site Name
Axwell Park House Farm, dovecote
Site Type: Specific
Dovecote
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8346
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/8; I. Ayris, 1989, Axwell Park Dovecot
I. Ayris & B. Harbottle, 1987, Axwell Park Home Farm
I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 62
YEAR1
2006
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
06
District
Gateshead
Easting
428120
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MATERIAL
Ashlar
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554130
parish
Birtley
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Birtley
Description
House. 1810, dated from deeds. Coursed squared stone with quoins. Hipped
Welsh slate roof with cornice-banded stone chimneys; bracketed cast-iron
eaves gutter. L-plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 3 bays with central plain
classical ashlar doorcase to reproduction 6-panel door and oblong fanlight.
Painted stone lintels and slightly projecting sills to sash windows with
glazing bars, 4-bay right return with similar windows, the 2 end bays of lower
roof line. Rear walls rubble.
Interior shows original 6-panel doors and architraves,most cornices,window
panelling and shutters, 2 carved marble chimney-pieces and staircase with
shaped tread ends.
Attached to left return a tall wall of brick, with stone flat coping and
stone inner leaf, runs westwards. LISTED GRADE 2
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
House. 1810, dated from deeds. Coursed squared stone with quoins. Hipped
Welsh slate roof with cornice-banded stone chimneys; bracketed cast-iron
eaves gutter. L-plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 3 bays with central plain
classical ashlar doorcase to reproduction 6-panel door and oblong fanlight.
Painted stone lintels and slightly projecting sills to sash windows with
glazing bars, 4-bay right return with similar windows, the 2 end bays of lower
roof line. Rear walls rubble.
Interior shows original 6-panel doors and architraves, most cornices, window
panelling and shutters, 2 carved marble chimney-pieces and staircase with
shaped tread ends.
Attached to left return a tall wall of brick, with stone flat coping and
stone inner leaf, runs westwards.
Site Name
Birtley, Vigo Lane, Vigo and garden wall
Site Type: Specific
House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
8345
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 14/5