Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage, wall

HER Number:
8046

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage, wall

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Monument

Site Type: Broad:
Barrier

Site Type: Specific:
Wall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
East-west wall 35m south of Red Cottage and linking wall to house. Wall, dated 1842, for Thomas Barnes. Red and grey brick with sandstone embellish- ments. 8 rectangular piers with grey brick corners and string courses, plinth coping on piers and along wall, and string at wall coping and at tops of piers; moulded coping of bright red brick. Grey brick diapers enclose coat of arms, panels 'T1842B' and starfish all in sandstone. Plainer wall of red and grey brick which connects Red Cottage with the decorated wall is included for group value with those structures. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4057

Northing:
6161

Grid Reference:
NZ40576161

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/6; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project: Testing the National Framework