East Boldon, Front Street, No. 70, Boldon House and wall

HER Number:
8170

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
East Boldon, Front Street, No. 70, Boldon House and wall

Place:
East Boldon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House. Circa 1790. Brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 5 sash windows with glazing bars; central pedimented Tuscan doorcase, with pulvinated frieze, to 6-panelled door which when open is matched by a similarly panelled reveal opposite. Bands and moulded eaves cornice. Roof hipped with 3 stone-corniced brick chimneys on 2 cross ridges to rear. Wall. A low brick wall, in Flemish bond, forms the south boundary of both houses and returns to No 64. It has stone coping continuous with the tops of 2 dwarf sandstone piers in front of No 70. Inserted piers in front of No 64 are rendered. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3624

Northing:
6136

Grid Reference:
NZ36246136

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 3/28; North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, February 2006, East Boldon Conservation Area Character Appraisal; East Boldon School Centenary 1885-1985; M. Linge, The Story of Boldon; A. Middleton, 1983, Boldon's Witness in Church and Community; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; W. Wilson, 1935, A Short History of Boldon