Birtley Lane, School House
Birtley Lane, School House
HER Number
8218
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Birtley Lane, School House
Place
Birtley
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
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
427390
Northing
555640
Grid Reference
NZ427390555640
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 12/2