Gateshead District Housing Offices
GATESHEAD DISTRICT HOUSING OFFICES, SUNDERLAND ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299836
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Gateshead District Housing Offices
- Statutory Address:
- GATESHEAD DISTRICT HOUSING OFFICES, SUNDERLAND ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299836
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Gateshead District Housing Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATESHEAD DISTRICT HOUSING OFFICES, SUNDERLAND 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:
- GATESHEAD DISTRICT HOUSING OFFICES, SUNDERLAND ROAD
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 27805 61971
Details
NZ 26 SE FELLING SUNDERLAND ROAD (south side) Felling
6/53 Gateshead District Housing Offices.
G.V. II
Council offices. 1902 by Henry Miller, Surveyor for Felling U.D. Council. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings and quoins; Welsh slate roof. Baroque style. 2 storeys and basement, 7 bays, the outer ones gabled. Central tower contains Felling U.D.C. arms in elaborate pedimented doorcase; double door under fanlight in keystoned surround; floral decoration to soffit. Broken open pediment of aedicule to round-headed window over door joins eaves cornice. Blind stage above this, then strings, cornices and aedicules to keystoned round windows on all 4 sides. Lugged architraves on ground floor, and triple-keystoned round heads on first, to 2 bays either side of tower; projecting gabled bays have 2 similar ground floor windows and aproned bracketed Venetian windows at first floor. All fixed lights with top-hung transoms. Aedicules in gable peaks contain a niche at left, a fixed light at right. Segmental pedimented dormers central between tower and gables, which have raised pediments on flat stone coping terminating in large consoles. Ball finials to coped balustrade of tower and tall hipped roof surmounted by iron balustrade and flag pole. Interior: panelled council chamber on first floor has 2 original chimney pieces; most original doors, door cases and etched glass in partitions and doors survive. Elaborate cast iron balustrade to open well stair with gothic post on curtail; original stained glass in mullioned and transomed stair window of 9 lights.
Listing NGR: NZ2780561971
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 303819
- 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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