Whitburn, Church Lane, The Close (Whitburn Rectory)

HER Number:
8045

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Church Lane, The Close (Whitburn Rectory)

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Clergy House

Site Type: Specific:
Vicarage

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House, formerly rectory. 1818 by Stokoe of Newcastle. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys, 9 windows with full-height bows containing the 3 at each end on the south elevation, the first floor windows in the bows having cast iron balconies; original sashes replaced with C20 casements. Moulded cornices, returned, at 2nd floor level and eaves at south front. Low-pitched hipped roof, 3 transverse ashlar chimney stacks with cornices. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4059

Northing:
6167

Grid Reference:
NZ40596167

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/4; North Pennines Archaeology Ltd. 2008, Church Lane, Whitburn - Archaeological Assessment