Cochrane Terrace, School

Cochrane Terrace, School

HER Number
6061
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Cochrane Terrace, School
Place
Dinnington
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
School
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
This school was listed Grade II in 1987 with the following description:
'School, now club. Dated 1874 on lintel; at expense of Matthew Bell. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar quoins, plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof with flat stone gable copings. L-plan. One storey; main block 2 x 1 bays; lower porch at right; 2-bay left return with rear wing. Recessed door in chamfered stone surround in set-back porch; 3-light windows in main block and 2-light in rear wing in similar surrounds; drip mould and pointed heads to 3 lights in left return gable. 3 corniced ashlar chimneys.'
Attractive nineteenth century wrought-iron railings on low stone walls. A building recording was carried out in 2016 ahead of proposed conversion for residential use. LISTED GRADE II
Easting
2086
Northing
7322
Grid Reference
NZ20867322
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; The Archaeological Practice, 2016, Dinnington School - Historic Building Recording and Geophysical Survey;
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024965