Temple Meads
Temple Meads
HER Number
8184
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Temple Meads
Place
Lamesley
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
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. Early C18. Coursed squared sandstone; steeply-pitched roof of
Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 3 bays; keystoned flat stone lintels to central
9-panelled, top-glazed door and to 2-light horizontal sliding sash at right
and 2-light casement at left. First floor has 2-light horizontal sliding
sashes all with external louvred shutters; flat concrete sill to that above
door, remaining sills rendered. Later one-storey one-bay extension at left
of similar materials has rusticated stone sill and lintel to horizontal
sliding sash. Wrought-iron footscraper at door. Low gable parquets to roof
with 2 end brick chimneys. Rusticated stone gable coping at one end.
Brick chimney to left extension. Interior shows deep splays to windows,
wainscot in entrance passage, some ΒΌ-tree beams. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate. 2 storeys, 3 bays; keystoned flat stone lintels to central
9-panelled, top-glazed door and to 2-light horizontal sliding sash at right
and 2-light casement at left. First floor has 2-light horizontal sliding
sashes all with external louvred shutters; flat concrete sill to that above
door, remaining sills rendered. Later one-storey one-bay extension at left
of similar materials has rusticated stone sill and lintel to horizontal
sliding sash. Wrought-iron footscraper at door. Low gable parquets to roof
with 2 end brick chimneys. Rusticated stone gable coping at one end.
Brick chimney to left extension. Interior shows deep splays to windows,
wainscot in entrance passage, some ΒΌ-tree beams. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
425250
Northing
557960
Grid Reference
NZ425250557960
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 12/70; Gateshead Council, April 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Proposed Lamesley Conservation Area, pp 82-85 (Supplementary Planning Guidance), pp 88-90; Gateshead Council, July 2003, Lamesley Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategy and Character Statement (Appendix to Supplementary Planning Guidance 1), pp 29-34