Tyne and Wear HER(8128): Westoe Village, Nos. 14 and 15 (Ravensworth and Briary) - Details
8128
S Tyneside
Westoe Village, Nos. 14 and 15 (Ravensworth and Briary)
Westoe
NZ36NE
Domestic
House
Semi Detached House
Early Modern
C19
Extant Building
1892-6. Henry Grieves architect.
A pair of semi-detached houses designed as a symmetrical composition.
Brick, with stone and terracotta dressings and a steeply pitched, hipped, tiled
roof. Two storeys with attics. All original glazing to sash windows. Main elevation
with an octagonal corner tower at either end. Each face of the tower has a window
and the towers are carried up one storey above the eaves. The second storey is lit
by circular windows. The towers are domed.
The ground floor window of each house is tripartite, central sash flanked by narrow
sashes. Above each window a semi-circular arch with the lunette filled with terra-
cotta panels. First floor of each house lit by 2 sashes with rusticated heads.
Above is a coved eaves cornice of terracotta decorated with swags.
Recessed 2 storey, one bay wing to each house contains the entrance. LISTED GRADE 2
3712
6602
NZ37126602
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/80