Tyne and Wear HER(8127): Westoe Village, No. 8, Talbot Memorial House (Westoe Grange) - Details
8127
S Tyneside
Westoe Village, No. 8, Talbot Memorial House (Westoe Grange)
Westoe
NZ36NE
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
1810 (on lead rainwater heads).
Red brick, slate roof. Two storeys with attic, 5 bays. All windows sashed, with
glazing bars. Stone heads. Stone rusticated quoins. The 3 central bays break
forward with a pediment over. Doric porch with slender columns. Semi-circular
headed fanlight to door with good cast lead fanlight. Continuous stone cill to
ground and first floor windows. Stone floor band to first floor. Bow windows to
the rear of the house.
An unusual feature of this house is the octagonal timber "Belvedere" on the centre
of the roof.
The "grandest" of the C18-early C19 houses in Westoe.
See "A History of Westoe" 1964 by A C Flagg. LISTED GRADE 2
3706
6597
NZ37066597
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/78