Westoe, Westoe Village, No. 16, La Tourelle

HER Number:
11795

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe, Westoe Village, No. 16, La Tourelle

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Baroque revival style. Spacially complex and brimming with decoration. A tall narrow Baroque mansion like Ravensworth and The Briary (HER 8128) alongside. The flower motif on the finials is copied on the modern railings.

Easting:
3713

Northing:
6602

Grid Reference:
NZ37136602

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust & South Tyneside Council, 2002, Westoe Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, Westoe Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 10; A. Flagg, date unknown, 'Westoe Village', unpublished text held by South Shields Local Studies Library; G. Hodgson, 1924, History of South Shields; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham