Gosforth, Oakfield Road, Oakfield House

HER Number:
11440

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Oakfield Road, Oakfield House

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Detached House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Oakfield house, formerly the home of Sir Cecil Cochrane, became Westfield Girls School c.1960. The house is a good-quality ashlar building in the Italianate style, perhaps of the 1870s. A lodge to the former house is well hidden behind a stone boundary wall with heavy solid gates. A conservatory for Oakfield House called The Camellia House was recorded in 2007 ahead of its demolition.

Easting:
2380

Northing:
6726

Grid Reference:
NZ23806726

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2002, Gosforth Conservation Area Character Statement, p 57; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2007, The Camellia House, Westfield School, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Buildings Recording