Akhurst School (Jesmond Cottage) And Gas Lamp at Door
AKHURST SCHOOL (JESMOND COTTAGE) AND GAS LAMP AT DOOR, THE GROVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1024845
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Akhurst School (Jesmond Cottage) And Gas Lamp at Door
- Statutory Address:
- AKHURST SCHOOL (JESMOND COTTAGE) AND GAS LAMP AT DOOR, THE GROVE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/12460/01
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1024845
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Akhurst School (Jesmond Cottage) And Gas Lamp at Door
- Statutory Address 1:
- AKHURST SCHOOL (JESMOND COTTAGE) AND GAS LAMP AT DOOR, THE GROVE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- AKHURST SCHOOL (JESMOND COTTAGE) AND GAS LAMP AT DOOR, THE GROVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 25694 66524
Details
NZ 26 NE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE THE GROVE 9/303 (south side) Jesmond Akhurst School (Jesmond Cottage) and gas lamp at door. G.V. II House, now school. Dated 1831 on rain water head; for Matthew Anderson. Sandstone ashlar with roof of graduated Lakeland slate. Irregular plan. Tudor style. 2 storeys, 5 bays, the right lower. Gables over first, second and fourth bays. First bay set back,with 2-storey extruded porch,has Tudor-arched 12-panelled door in moulded surround under leaf-bracketed drip mould and Tudor-flower ground- floor frieze. Glazing bars to windows in hollow-chamfered surrounds; narrow Tudor- arched sash above door; cross windows in gabled bays; bay between gables has 2 small sashes below a tall window of 2 cusped lights. Right end bay has plainer windows. Label moulds to all windows. Cyma moulded plinth except to right end bay. First floor string stepped down in third bay to sill of tall window. Corbel table to porch and between gables under continuous frieze, Ogee finials on shafts at gable peaks. Steeply-pitched roofs have massive panelled and corniced chimneys of 2 and 3 stages. Rain water head MA 1831 on right return. Interior: cantilevered stair with curtail and wreathed handrail has turned balusters with lower section cord-moulded. Floral stucco frieze in room to right of door. Principal ground-floor room has ceiling with moulded ribs on Gothic brackets; Gothic chimney piece of painted sandstone with carved spandrels and Tudor arch; cast iron Gothic grate. Many original 8-panelled (4 over 4) doors in Tudor-arched surrounds. Gas lamp to left of door: cast iron. Octagonal base; acanthus buds clasp 2 fluted sections and form domed top; square lampholder with high domed finial.
Listing NGR: NZ2569466524
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 304621
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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