Higham Dykes
HIGHAM DYKES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1042713
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Higham Dykes
- Statutory Address:
- HIGHAM DYKES
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- Date:
- 1999-10-31
- Reference:
- IOE01/01289/31
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1042713
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Higham Dykes
- Statutory Address 1:
- HIGHAM DYKES
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.
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:
- HIGHAM DYKES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ponteland
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 13370 75285
Details
NZ 17 NW
11/303
27.8.52
PONTELAND
HIGHAM DYKES
Higham Dykes
II
GV
House. Late C17 extended late C18 or early C19. Brick in English Garden Wall
Bond. Graduated Lakeland slate roof. Double-span main block with lower wing
projecting to rear forming L-plan.
Front is in 2 sections. Main block: 2 storeys plus attics, 5 bays. 4 moulded
steps up to 2-leaf half-glazed door in late C18 wood surround with attached Tuscan
columns, dentil cornice and pediment. Long narrow windows in thin roll-moulded
wood surrounds with projecting sills and wedge lintels. Ground floor has renewed
2-pane sashes, 12-pane sashes above. 1st floor string. Steeply-pitched roof
with Flemish gables and 5 segment-headed dormers with 12-pane casements. End
stacks.
East wing, recessed on right return, is contiguous with rear span and is in
different and later brick. 3 windows. On ground floor small irregular later
windows. Stone 1st floor sill band and 12-pane sashes in similar surrounds to
main block, possibly re-used from rear. Gabled roof with early C19 Flemish
gable on right. 3 dormers.
Rear facade is irregular. In the centre the original narrow stair projection
with tall round-headed window, band and Flemish gable. Round this the rear span
was built in several stages. It has 12-pane sashes to right and 16-pane sashes
to left. Early C20 brick porch with shaped gable. Lower service wing to left
is also of several builds. 3 C19 Flemish gables.
Interior: late C19 imitation C17 staircase. An Art Nouveau fireplace with 7
painted gesso figures representing the arts and abstract virtues. Several
2-panelled doors, including one impressive former external door in kitchen.
Stout ceiling beams in kitchen.
Listing NGR: NZ1337075285
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 238794
- 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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