Birtley, Harras Bank, No. 70, Con Laoghair

HER Number:
7495

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Harras Bank, No. 70, Con Laoghair

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17-18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A long 2 storey house which has been extensively altered. Built of rich red-brown brick which is ‘tumbled-in’ to the gables and English Garden Wall Bond to the front elevation. Steeply pitched roof of variable red-brown coloured pantiles, with truncated chimneys. The fenestration has been reconfigured as well as replaced with plastic, and the timber panelled door is a replacement. Non-matching, haphazard brickwork clearly marks where these alterations have been made. MATERIALS Red brick DATES 17th/18th century? STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The insensitive alterations would render a more recent building of little interest. However, the ‘tumbled-in’ brickwork to the gables along with the steeply pitched roof suggests a very old building. A particularly rare survival in the borough. The building is situated in the old village centre, not far from the Old Hall and adjacent to a lodge of the later Birtley Hall. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2740

Northing:
5543

Grid Reference:
NZ27405543

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Gateshead Council Local List Fact Sheet X20/LL/117