Monkton, Monkton Lane, Lord Nelson Public House

HER Number:
8536

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Monkton, Monkton Lane, Lord Nelson Public House

Place:
Monkton

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Licensed Premises

Site Type: Specific:
Public House

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A large early 20th century pub in an Old English revival style. Brick (unusually small in size) ground floor and a slightly overhanging mock half-timbered upper floor. Large cream and green gables to the street and original sliding sash windows with horns and handles. Red sandstone detailing to the windows, doors, string courses and copes. Much of this stone is unfortunately now painted over. Various lower offshots to the sides and rear. Brick boundary walls and gate piers with large stone caps and timber gates. A large squarish beer garden with a large mature tree and a car park, bounded to the west by a tall stone boundary wall.

Easting:
32002

Northing:
63692

Grid Reference:
NZ3200263692

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North of England Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, March 2006, Monkton Conservation Area Character Appraisal; N. Pevsner and E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition)