Westoe Village, Southgarth West (Winterbottom House)

House. Early-mid C18, extended in 1882, raised and altered late C19 and further extended
and altered early-mid C20, extensions largely demolished 1985. Red brick in English
Garden Wall bond 5 and 1, raised by 1 storey in different brick; front rendered. Clay
tiled roof with tile ridges and stone gable coping. L-plan 3-storey house with later
2-storey entrance section built in angle. 3-storey, 2-windows left gable end to road.
2-storey, 2 window set-back centre and 2-storey 2-window right section. (At extreme right
a narrow set-back bay with shaped gable; this and external walls of 1-storey height are
all that remains of the 1882 wing). In centre section a C20 door, with plain overlight
and flanking windows, under wide bracketed hood; 12-pane sash to left. 2 plain sashes
above. Similar sashes on upper floors in other parts. Ground floor right canted bay with
hipped roof; ground floor left concealed by late extension. 2-storey part has roof hipped
at right. Offset stack in centre of left gabled bay. Right return shows (behind the 1882
link) the original gable end with tumbled-in brickwork, raised in paler brick. 2½-storey
3-bay rear elevation shows small off-centre doorway flanked by tripartite sashes with
square oriels over; small first-floor sash between. 3x3-light half dormers with transomed
casements. Stepped band at second-floor level. At right a blocked C20 porch. Left end
brick chimney. Interior: the later C19 sashes remain, including some with panelled
shutters, on ground floor. All other features are plain C20. (Upper floors not accessible
for inspection). Empty & decaying at time of survey. Listed as the home for over 40 years,
of Dr Thomas Winterbottom (1765-1859) physician and author to tests on tropical medicine,
abolitionist of slave trade and philanthropist; founder of many local charities.
(Dictionary of National Biography). One-storey C20 left from extension and left link are
not of interest. LISTED GRADE 2