Bensham, Claremont Place, Nos. 1 to 17

HER Number:
8304

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bensham, Claremont Place, Nos. 1 to 17

Place:
Bensham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Multiple Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Terrace

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Early-mid C19. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. Bands at ground and first floor cills, friezes and cornices. Brick chimneys. Two storeys and basement, some added dormers. Each two storeys, two windows, mostly altered sashes but within original openings. Steps with cast iron railings to six-panel doors (some now flushed over or part glazed) in well carved stone pilaster-and-entablature surrounds. No 5 has added canted stone bay. Some added glazed porches. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2512

Northing:
6229

Grid Reference:
NZ25126229

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 7/65; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Coatsworth Conservation Area, pp 25-31