Jarrow, Sussex Street, clubhouse in Jarrow Park

HER Number:
8073

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, Sussex Street, clubhouse in Jarrow Park

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden Building

Site Type: Specific:
Gate Lodge

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Entrance lodge to Jarrow Park, (formerly park-keeper's house) now a club house. Dated 1876. North elevation of snecked sandstone; west of Whinstone rubble with quoins and plinth, sandstone dressings; Welsh slate roof, with flat stone coping. Jacobean style. West elevation facing park entrance: one storey, 3 bays; 4-light stone mullioned and transomed window. Flat pointed Tudor arch to wide boarded door in massive alternating block sur- round, with decorative panel over, in moulded recess which continues from tongue-stopped jamb chamfers; 2-light stone mullioned and transomed window. String at lintels continues along return gable to street as cill string. North gable to street: 3-light mullioned and transomed window in gable peak. Roof: ball finials on gable foots tones; one transverse corniced stone chimney. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3242

Northing:
6471

Grid Reference:
NZ32426471

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 2/99; NECT, 2015, National Heritage at Risk Grade II Project