Whickham, Dunston Hill House, billiard and snooker rooms

HER Number:
8326

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Dunston Hill House, billiard and snooker rooms

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Building

Site Type: Specific:
Billiard Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Billiard and snooker rooms, now outpatients department. Dated 1885 on lintel. Sandstone ashlar with rusticated plinth and raised quoins. Welsh slate roof with wood and glass ridge ventilators. Half-hexagonal ends; one storey, 3 bays. Central door; architraves to door, flanking windows, and windows in canted bays on left and right returns. Sill band. Door in right return has inscription 18JR-C-E85 on lintel. Central ashlar chimney and 2 louvred lights to half- hexagonal hip-ended roof. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2206

Northing:
6124

Grid Reference:
NZ22066124

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/147