Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
HER Number
              8176
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Market Lane, Whickham Thorns Farmhouse
          Place
              Dunston
          Map Sheet
              NZ26SW
          Class
              Domestic
          Site Type: Broad
              House
          Site Type: Specific
              House
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              House.  Mid C18.  Sandstone rubble with large quoins; pantiled roof with
2 corniced end brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central bay has 2
C19 doors inserted under flat stone lintel. All windows altered casements
in chamfered stone surrounds. Roof has low gable parapet
formed by large stepped stones. Rear one-storey one-bay offshot under
catslide roof has folding boarded door with external flight of stone
steps to boarded kitchen entrance. Interior: C19 staircase; doors boarded
over. LISTED GRADE 2
          2 corniced end brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Central bay has 2
C19 doors inserted under flat stone lintel. All windows altered casements
in chamfered stone surrounds. Roof has low gable parapet
formed by large stepped stones. Rear one-storey one-bay offshot under
catslide roof has folding boarded door with external flight of stone
steps to boarded kitchen entrance. Interior: C19 staircase; doors boarded
over. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
              422090
          Northing
              561780
          Grid Reference
              NZ422090561780
    Sources
              Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 5/140