Birtley, Birtley Lane, School House

HER Number:
8218

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Birtley Lane, School House

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
House. Circa 1860. Tooled snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings, quoins and plinth; roof Welsh slate with bands of fishscale pattern. One storey and dormers; 5 bays. Central half-glazed door, in stop-chamfered alternate-block jambs and high lintel, in porch with bargeboards and finial. Similar surrounds and bracketed stone sills to sash windows with glazing bars; bargeboards and shafts to dormers in bays 2 and 4. Left and right returns have window in bargeboarded gable peak. 3 transverse ridge chimneys of yellow brick with stone cornices and C19 yellow chimney pots. Historical note: built as schoolmaster's house for National School. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2739

Northing:
5564

Grid Reference:
NZ27395564

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 12/2