URPETH HALL, EASTWOOD AND WESTACRE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1159287
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1987
- Statutory Address:
- URPETH HALL, EASTWOOD AND WESTACRE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- URPETH HALL, EASTWOOD AND WESTACRE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Urpeth
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 23825 54010
Details
URPETH HIGH URPETH
NZ 25 SW
3/65 Urpeth Hall, Eastwood
and Westacre
II
Large house now 3 dwellings: front range Urpeth Hall; left rear wing Westacre;
right rear wing Eastwood. Probably mid C18 centre block with flanking c.1890
wings; C19 rear wings of several builds; main block (Urpeth Hall) contains
c.1890 classical interiors by Sopwith and Sons. Painted roughcast stone and
Welsh slate roofs. Reversed U-plan with flanking wings on centre block.
3-storey, 5-bay centre block: central C19 stone porch; late C19 window surrounds
with projecting sills (mainly replaced sashes; small square openings with
replaced casements on second floor); steeply-pitched roof with coped gables,
shaped kneelers and end stacks. 2-storey wing at left: shallow bowed 4-bay
front with similar fenestration; semi-conical roof above bowed front and
steeply-pitched roof behind; coped left gable and end stack. Long single-
storey, one-bay wing at right has canted stone bay window on front and curved
right return under semi-conical roof.
Rear wings have replaced sashes, steeply-pitched roofs and end stacks: 2-storey,
3-bay left wing with lower addition on rear; 3-storey, 4-bay right wing with
2-storey, 2-bay addition on rear.
Interior: main block (Urpeth Hall) has some c.1890.classical interiors (6-panel
doors, moulded plaster ceilings etc.). Entrance hall with Doric screen. Domed
staircase hall, lit by glazed lantern, has cantilevered geometrical staircase
with 2 turned balusters per tread and wreathed handrail. Oval room in right
wing and 2 rooms in left wing also with classical decoration.
C20 additions on rear of both rear wings are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ2382554010
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109409
- 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.
End of official listing