Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage

HER Number:
8162

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Church Lane, The Red Cottage

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House; dated 1842; by Benjamin Green for Thomas Barnes. Red and grey brick; roof of plain and pan tiles. Much Tudor decoration. L plan with entrance porch in the angle. 2 storeys, 3 bays, with cross gable left of entrance containing a bay window of 2 double sashes surmounted by a pierced parapet; two small Gothick windows over: a quatrefoil window in an arched recess above entrance porch also with pierced parapet; a tripartite sash to right of entrance has a single Gothick window above, under a gablet. The return has two casements at first floor with rubbed and gauged brick lintels, and a decorated chimney stack. All original gables and front parapets are quatrefoil pierced, all gables have crow steps with roll-moulded copings. There is a later rear extension. The chimneys are all Tudor style. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4056

Northing:
6163

Grid Reference:
NZ40566163

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 4/5