New Field House
NEW FIELD HOUSE, FORD ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1115502
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- New Field House
- Statutory Address:
- NEW FIELD HOUSE, FORD ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-23
- Reference:
- IOE01/00654/12
- Rights:
- © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1115502
- Date first listed:
- 17-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jun-1987
- List Entry Name:
- New Field House
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEW FIELD HOUSE, FORD ROAD
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:
- NEW FIELD HOUSE, FORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lanchester
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 16827 46433
Details
LANCHESTER FORD ROAD NZ 14 NE (East side) Lanchester
6/83 New Field House 17/1/67 (formerly listed as Greenwell Ford including chapel adjoining)
II
Formerly Greenwell Ford. House, part altered as private Roman Catholic chapel; now 3 flats. Early C19. Chapel alteration for Matthew Kearney c.1852; ceased chapel use c.1896. Sandstone ashlar with chamfered quoins; concrete tiled roof. L-plan. 2 storeys, 3 and 6 bays. Main house 6 bays. 6-panel door and fanlight with radiating glazing bars in Tuscan surround with prominent open pediment containing coat of arms; similar door and fanlight in first bay in keyed round- headed surround
Slightly set-back 3-bay chapel has 6-panel door and plain fanlight in keyed round-headed surround with Tuscan pilasters supporting acanthus-patterned entablature. All windows sashes with glazing bars and projecting stone sills, in plain reveals; plain narrow sash to right of right door, and mirror glass in window to right of that; c.1900 canted bay inserted at right end. Gutter cornice and blocking course. Low-pitched roof, hipped at right, has 4 panelled ridge chimneys with plinths and cornices, and left gabled bellcote. C20 drainage pipes in bays flanking main door.
Right return 5 bays, with central door, flanked by pilasters with ball finials under small pediment; formerly had Tuscan porch, now removed. Some glazing bars removed on this elevation. Left return gable has large first-floor round- headed window with radiating glazing bars in keyed stone surround with impost mouldings; plain stone surround to blocked door at right on ground floor.
C20 rear additions not of interest.
Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: NZ1682746433
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 350590
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 07-Jun-2026 at 22:11:13.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.