70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
HER Number
8170
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
70 Front Street, Boldon House and wall
Place
East Boldon
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This house was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following 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.'
'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.'
Easting
436240
Northing
561360
Grid Reference
NZ436240561360
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;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355101
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;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355101