Whickham, Church Chare, stable of Whickham Hall/Rectory

HER Number:
8199

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Church Chare, stable of Whickham Hall/Rectory

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Animal Shed

Site Type: Specific:
Stable

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Stable of Whickham Hall (later Rectory) now restaurant and house. Late C18. Sandstone ashlar with plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, one bay by 6 on left return, and 2 on right return with adjoining building obscuring remaining bays. Gable to street: rubble plinth; blind Venetian window with raised surround beneath round window in raised surround. Right return: 2 blocked-in carriage entrances have segmental arches on impost blocks; raised surround to 2 round windows above. Left return has late C18/early C19 double door under flat stone lintel in 6th bay; round window high in 5th bay. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2088

Northing:
6133

Grid Reference:
NZ20886133

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 16/116; Derham, P. J. 2018. Wickham former stable block, Church Chare, HER4864