157 Victoria Road West, cemetery lodge

This building was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Lodge. 1890 by Frederick West of Hebburn for Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow Burial Board. Snecked sandstone, ashlar quoins and plinth; roof of Welsh slate. L-plan with entrance porch in angle. Main elevation to street : 2 storeys, 3 bays, the third cross-gabled; ground floor has sash window, moulded parapet to porch containing boarded door and elliptical-headed fanlight in moulded surround, 3-light mullioned and transomed window in gabled bay. First floor : sash window partly in gabled dormer; double sash window in gable to street; all windows having chamfered surrounds. High-pitched roof has bands of fishscale slates; all gables have barge boards with finials; 2 tall stone corniced chimneys, at rear and on end return, the latter buttressed. Included for group considerations.' LISTED GRADE 2