Westoe Village, Nos. 17 & 18 (White Cottage and White House)

HER Number:
8095

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe Village, Nos. 17 & 18 (White Cottage and White House)

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Circa 1768 and Circa 1796. Nicely picturesque with "Gothick" overtones. Both of red brick with slate roofs. Two storeys and attics. Originally 2 houses. No 17 built circa 1768, is of 3 bays and has a coped brick parapet. Two dormer windows. Entrance in the west, ground floor bay. No 18 built circa 1796, is of 3 bays and is set back a little from No 17. The centre bay breaks forward, rises to an attic storey and is crowned by a pediment. This attic storey is lit by a lunette. The elevation is crowned by a high crenellated parapet which abuts the central attic storey. The west bay of the ground floor has an elegant bay window. The central door has a pointed arch and is flanked on either side by a narrow light. All other windows are "bastard" Venetian, that is the centre light has a straight head and is only a few inches taller than the side lights. The heads of most of the sashes in both houses have "Tudor" shaped tops and all windows have what is the most unusual feature of these houses "lattice" tracery. That in the 2 ground floor windows of No 18 is finer than the rest. In circa 1895 both houses were united to form one house by the addition of ground and first floor corridors across the rear. J H Morton architect. See "A History of Westoe" 1964 by A C Flagg. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3718

Northing:
6606

Grid Reference:
NZ37186606

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 9/81