Sunniside, Kingsway, Old Sunniside Farmhouse

HER Number:
1678

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sunniside, Kingsway, Old Sunniside Farmhouse

Place:
Sunniside

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Farmhouse

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17/C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Farmhouse. late C17 and mid C18. Rubble and brick. Slate roofs. 3 white brick gable stacks. Double range plan. South-East front, 2 storey, 4 bays, red brick with a brick band. Off-centre doorway, withC2O half-glazed double door and over light, with a single glazing bar sash to right and 2 similar sashes to the left. Above a blank opening over the doorway with a single glazing bar sash to the right and 2 similar sashes to the left. All the openings have segment brick heads. Rubble and brick lean-to to the North-East with stone slate roof. Rear elevation mostly rubble stone, 3 bays with a plank door to the left and 2 plain sashes to the right. Above 3 plain sashes. Interior windows to South-East elevation have C18 shutters, those to the rear elevation have C17 shutters. Staircase largely C20, though incorporating part of former splat - baluster stair, now boxed-in. Some C17 and C18 panel doors survive. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2070

Northing:
5869

Grid Reference:
NZ20705869

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1678 >> I. Ayris, 1988, Old Sunniside Farm - Documentary Evidence City of Newcastle Planning Department, 1988, Old Sunniside Farm letter to Gateshead MBC; List entry Number: 1025149; The History of Old Sunniside by Sunniside Local History Society, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/sunniside.html