20, FRONT STREET
20, FRONT STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185397
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- 20, FRONT STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 20, FRONT STREET
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:
- 2004-05-07
- Reference:
- IOE01/12198/21
- 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:
- 1185397
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- 20, FRONT STREET
- Statutory Address 1:
- 20, FRONT STREET
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:
- 20, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Gateshead (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 20947 61304
Details
NZ 2061 SE WHICKHAM FRONT STREET (north side) Whickham.
16/127 No. 20
G.V. II
House, formerly house and post office. Early C19 incorporating mid-C18 house. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, plinth and qouins; roof Welsh slate with stone gable copings; pantile with stone gable copings to one-storey one-bay set-back right extension. 2 corniced end brick chimneys to main house, one to extension. 2 storeys and one; 4 windows. Tuscan doorcase, up 2 steps, to 6-panelled door, upper panels glazed. All windows sashes with glazing bars and sill bands and eaves band. Sill band also to extension, which has window in broader box. Right return to village green has one sash window, door and octagonal window in gable peak. Interior: high quality stucco decoration to stair ceiling; one early C18 door first floor rear.
Listing NGR: NZ2094761304
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 303893
- 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 14-Jun-2026 at 08:53:12.
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.