Dunston, Dunston Road, parish school

HER Number:
8364

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston, Dunston Road, parish school

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
School, now workshops. Dated 1818. Coursed squared sandstone with large quoins and ashlar dressings; low-pitched Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings. One storey, 8 bays. Recessed 4-panelled door under stone lintel in bay 8. Round-section mullioned and transomed windows in all bays, those in bays 2, 4 and 6 under gabled dormers breaking eaves; all with flat stone sills, irregular-block jambs and wood lintels. Long windows in right return under inscription ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION, ANNO DOMINI, 1818. THE HON. AND REV. EDWARD GREY, RECTOR. Historical note: subscribers included the Bishop of Durham and the trustees of Lord Crewe. Source: W. Bourn, Annals of the Parish of Whickham, Consett 1892, 101. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2268

Northing:
6260

Grid Reference:
NZ22686260

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/123