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Reference	Name	Listed building	Geometry	Notes	Organisation	Entry date	Start date	End date
1392222	Lowick War Memorial	1392222	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.979461 55.650139,-1.979488 55.650182,-1.979570 55.650165,-1.979543 55.650123,-1.979461 55.650139)))	First Word War Memorial 1920 by Messrs Tully and Son, polished grey granite and sandstone. Square three-stepped stone pedestal surmounted by column of polished grey granite with crenellated top, surmounted by polished grey granite Latin cross. Column has a series of incised crosses with names of the fallen in the spaces between. Inscription on front reads SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/OF/THOSE MEN WHO GAVE/THEIR LIVES FOR/KING AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1919./AND ALSO/TO THE MEMORY/OF/THOSE WHO FELL IN/THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/LEST WE FORGET/THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. Inscriptions on other faces contain names of the fallen of both World Wars. Sources: North East war memorials Project ref 33489 This well maintained and well executed War Memorial is striking and evinces strong local ties with the names of the fallen from two World Wars.		2005-12-22	2005-12-22
1392233	Wooler United Reformed Church	1392233	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.014024 55.544219,-2.014096 55.543976,-2.014040 55.543970,-2.014027 55.544011,-2.013853 55.543994,-2.013821 55.544105,-2.013751 55.544099,-2.013740 55.544134,-2.013791 55.544140,-2.013785 55.544158,-2.013802 55.544159,-2.013799 55.544171,-2.013861 55.544187,-2.013868 55.544162,-2.013938 55.544168,-2.013927 55.544209,-2.014024 55.544219)))	Church, Presbyterian now United Reformed, built in 1784, refurbished in later C19 by James Stevenson and altered in 1903-4 by George Reavell. MATERIALS: local coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings, welsh slate roofs and pitch pine ceiling and fittings. PLAN: rectangular chapel with pulpit to S and main entrance in NW. Vestry attached to the S and a tower to the N. EXTERIOR: Main (West) Elevations: the main body of the church has four bays, quite plain, with pointed arched windows and rectilinear tracery. Evidence of an earlier blocked door and two blocked window openings are apparent. A parapet rises above, interrupted by a series of four narrow embrasures and at its base a series of five rainwater pipes fall vertically to ground level; these have art nouveau style hoppers and keyed stone head detail. The roof of the church is surmounted by an octagonal cupola incorporating a slatted belfry topped by a short spire. A three stage tower is attached to the north end of the church containing at ground level the main entrance reached by a series of stone steps. The entrance has a pointed arched surround with moulded reveals and a perpendicular drip mould with carved stops surrounding a panel of blind rectilinear tracery. The doorway has double wooden doors with decorative strap hinges. There are paired windows above with a perpendicular drip mould, and the lower part of the third stage has squared piers alternating with recessed blind tracery panels surmounted by a continuous projecting drip mould adorned with stone gargoyles. The piers rise above a crenellated parapet, the embrasures bisected and capped with curvilinear mouldings reflecting the curvilinear cap stones of the piers. A needle spire faced in slate surmounts the tower ending in a decorative finial. Attached to the S end of the chapel there is a slightly lower single bay range with a single window and raised parapet with paired pointed arch doorways to the ground floor and an end chimneystack. Rear (East) Elevation: this has four bays with raised parapet, rain water pipes and windows similar to the main elevation; a single modern single storey extension at the N end is not of special interest. The third stage of the tower is as the main elevation but the remainder is plain with an attached two storey lean to. A modern lean to attached to the N of the tower is not of special interest. INTERIOR: access to the body of the church is gained through a simple pointed arched entrance off a large vestibule at the N end. The church walls are plain painted plaster above a boarded dado. A double and single row of benches, divided by a narrow aisle, fill the main body of the church with orthogonal sub-divisions at irregular intervals; they have close-boarded backs, book rests and simple moulded edges, which retain their numbering. A gallery occupies the N end of the church supported on wooden corbels; it has plain panels and a centrally placed clock in an ogee surround and similar seating. Art Nouveau style glass occupies most windows in a range of motifs including trees, foliage, fruit and flowers. Wooden boarded communion rails with quatrefoil patterning above enclose a centrally placed dais at the S end. The dais is reached by steps to either side with ornate newel posts and boarded balustrades with quatrefoil patterning above. The pulpit has a rectilinear patterned front and stands in front of a crocketed and pinnacled ogee niche. The organ is situated to the right. The whole is covered by a pitch pine coffered ceiling, lit by a pair of windows, and several roof lights. A wide open string staircase of dog leg form housed in the tower, rises to a small anteroom with low, coffered wooden ceiling giving access to the gallery. A schoolroom and a number of service rooms are attached to the N end; most have boarded dados and pointed arched doors. A small first floor vestry is attached to the S end of the church accessed by a plain flight of stairs; it has a panelled dado, wooden mantelpiece, and fitted cupboards. Memorials: A Commemoration of Union Board marking the union of the three Presbyterian churches in the town in 1952 and the establishment of the United Reform Church in 1972 occupies the wall beneath the gallery at the North end of the church. Other memorials of note include a brass First World War memorial and a plaque recording the 1903-4 alterations. HISTORY: This was originally an English Presbyterian Church erected in 1784 apparently near to the ruins of a much earlier foundation. In a booklet describing the church's history, it is said to have been one of the first buildings in Wooler to be roofed with slate, and was known as the Blue Meeting Place. This early building had a gallery, which extended around three sides, and the pulpit was centrally placed against the east wall. In the later C19, the church was refurbished in popular Gothic Revival style by James Stevenson of Berwick. The general external and interior character dates from this time. Alterations dating from this time include the removal of the original gallery and the creation of a new one against the north wall, the addition of a new pitch pine ceiling, the insertion of the present Gothic style windows and probably the addition of the tower and steeple. Stevenson's other major works in Northumberland included the refurbishment of Callaly Castle, the design of its new stables and St. Edward's R C church and presbytery, Lowick. The church was remodelled again in 1903-4 by George Reavell of Alnwick. Reavell was a competent provincial architect who remodelled a number of secular and religious buildings in the early C20, in a range of revival style. Alterations at this time included a new roof, the raising of the tower and all walls by the addition of a parapet, the rainwater pipes, a new organ and the fine collection of stained glass in most windows. The Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged in 1972, to form the United Reform Church. SOURCES: Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England. Northumberland 2nd ed (1992), 634; Wooler United Reformed Church 1688-1988: A Short History. REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: This C18 church, remodelled in later C19 and altered in 1903-4 is recommended for designation, for the following principal reasons: * It is a well-executed example of a Gothic Revival church in an C18 shell * It has art nouveau additions of some character, which add to the overall architectural interest of the exterior * It has a well-designed and intact C19 interior with some quality carpentry * The collection of art nouveau stained glass is of note.		2007-08-31	2007-08-31
1392479	Wall To South Of Methodist Church	1392479	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.708213 55.412206,-1.708228 55.412203,-1.708136 55.412004,-1.708425 55.411981,-1.708423 55.411973,-1.708118 55.411998,-1.708213 55.412206)))	905/0/10008 CHAPEL LANE 20-MAR-08 (West side) Wall to south of Methodist Church GV II Stone wall attached to Methodist Church, 1786 with 1886 additions by F R Wilson MATERIALS: sandstone PLAN: an L-shaped section of walling forming an enclosed space with a Methodist Church and an associated manse. The lower two course of this wall are composed of large sandstone blocks, the top course of which is chamfered. The upper section was added by F R Wilson when the complex of manse, church and boundary walls was refurbished in 1886. This comprises a series of ornamental stone posts, each alternating with a row of three square sandstone panels, each pierced by a roundel containing an open quatrefoil. The whole is surmounted by triangular coping stones. The eastern section of wall is pierced by a central opening with rectangular gate piers and pyramidal coping stones with identical stone piers at either end. The eastern section is attached to the Methodist Church at its north end and the south section was formerly attached to the manse, now breached. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the north end of the wall is attached to a Methodist Church listed at Grade II and it forms the garden wall of the unlisted former manse. HISTORY: This wall forms the east and south sides of a rectangular enclosed space; the north side is formed by a Methodist church and the west side by a manse. This complex of structures was constructed in 1786 and restored and Gothicised in 1886 by F R Wilson, (1827-1894), a local architect of considerable reputation. Wilson worked as assistant architect for the renowned Anthony Salvin during his restoration of Alnwick Castle. He has numerous entries in the Northumberland volume of Pevsner and has c. 30 listed buildings to his name. SOURCES: Dictionary of Scottish Architects: www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/architect_full.php?id=M005586 - 13k REASONS FOR DESIGNATION This C18 wall with later C19 additions is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * The ornamental nature of its design displays quality of design and craftsmanship * It has group value with the Grade II listed Methodist church to which it is attached * The architect F R Wilson is a regional architect of some reputation who has a number of listed buildings to his name		2008-03-20	2008-03-20
1393409	New Felton Bridge - Bridge Number B6345/05a	1393409	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.709961 55.296702,-1.709889 55.296692,-1.709853 55.296673,-1.709755 55.296507,-1.709734 55.296450,-1.709737 55.296411,-1.709533 55.296416,-1.709534 55.296461,-1.709556 55.296526,-1.709687 55.296754,-1.709904 55.296719,-1.709961 55.296702)))	Beam Slab Road Bridge, 1926-7, by Considere Constructions Ltd; the consulting engineers were Mr J H Bean, County Surveyor and the builders were Messrs e Henderson & Son. MATERIALS: Reinforced concrete with cast and wrought iron. DESCRIPTION: New Felton Bridge has three river spans of 11.9m, 14.3m and 15.4m giving a total length of c.41.6m. The south half of the structure is built on the curve and the platform is super elevated accordingly. The beams and platforms are continuous abutment to abutment and area supported by two trestles. The ends of the beams are bourne by flexible columns at the abutments where an expansion joint is provided. The carriageway is 9.1m wide, flanked by footpaths 1.8m wide. The railing is of wrought iron and incorporates cast iron mirror vase balusters and sections of parapet; the latter rise above each of the five bridge piers and are art deco in style with a 1920s swag design in relief. HISTORY: Considere Constructions Ltd are significant bridge engineers of repute in the design of pre and interwar concrete bridges; they were responsible for the celebrated and listed Grade B George V Bridge, Glasgow (1924-28); in common with many interwar concrete bridges, this bridge was designed to give the appearance of being a masonry, multi-span, shallow arch bridge but is in reality a continuous, reinforced, concrete beam bridge, with the superstructure resting on roller bearings. Twickenham Bridge (listed at Grade II*) and Chiswick Bridge (listed at Grade II) spanning the Thames were also designed by Considere to resemble stone-built structure and indeed the latter was faced in ashlar. In this sense Falton Bridge is more structurally 'honest' as its design and strucutre are revealed in a highly visible manner. SOURCES: S M Johnson and C W Scott-Giles eds, 'British Bridges, An Illustrated Technical and Historical Record', (Public Works, roads and Transport Congress, 1933) pp. 222-23. W L Scott, 'Reinforced Concrete Bridges', London, 1931. James Sutherland, Dawn Hamm and Mike Chrimes eds., 'Historic Concrete', (2001) pp. 222-3 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This bridge of 1926 is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It has constructional interest as one of the earliest surviving bridges by this company in England. * It is one of the early pioneers of a highly successful type of bridge that is still the preferred choice for small and medium spans. * It incorporates features of architectural quality seen in its design, the smooth finish of the concrete and the wrought iron balustrade and art deco pillars. * It has group value with the Felton Old Bridge, a Grade II* listed structure and a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a number of other listed buildings clustered around the bridge head. * It is well preserved and compares favourably with other listed bridges of similar construction and date.		2009-08-06	2009-08-06
1393495	Springhead Structure And 4 Troughs	1393495	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.266725 54.981243,-2.266678 54.981251,-2.266673 54.981236,-2.266655 54.981238,-2.266666 54.981269,-2.266732 54.981260,-2.266725 54.981243)))	Springhead structure including four stone troughs of probable late C18 date. MATERIALS: Sandstone PLAN: An inverted L-shape with curving left return and a linear setting of stone troughs. A springhead structure formed by a pair of retaining walls of coursed sandstone blocks with rounded coping stones; there is a curving return to the left providing revetment. The east wall has a deep rectangular rcess with a partly chamfered lintel. Inside are the springhead and a deep stone trough; the iron fixings for a former wooden door to the left of the recess and for a cup on a chain to the right remain. Water is fed from the first stone trough in the recess through a hole into a crude narrow channel cut into the surface of a large flat stone set against the north retaining wall and then into the first of three stone troughs set in a line. Each trough has a crudely cut outflow allowing the water to egress from one to the other. HISTORY: A water feture in this position is shown on the Chesterwood Enclosure Award dated 1792 when it was retained within the common land in and around the buildings forming the settlement. The springhead structure is clearly depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1863 and on all subsequent editions. The spring provided both animal and domestic water supply for the adjacent small hamlet of Chesterwood; domestic supply obtained from the enclosed recess and animal and other functions from the stone troughs outside. Chesterwood originally comprised a settlement of bastle houses, defensive farmhouses dating from the C16 and C17 centuries, six of which survive today. Bastles provided security for their inhabitants from the danger of violent Scottish incursions. Today the hamlet of Chesterwood consists mainly of a post-medieval farmstead and a group of at least six bastles arranged around a rectangular green. SOURCES: Ryder, P F towers and Bastles in Northumberland: A survey 1994/5 Part IV Tynedale District Vol 2, pp82-4; chesterwood Enclosure Award 1792 Northumberland Record office ZBL/68/2 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This C18 springhead structure and four stone troughs are designated for the following principal reasons: * As a set of effectively intact water supply structures dating from before 1840; * They provide a good example of the nature of traditional village domestic and animal water supply which was once very common but that are now becoming increasingly rare in a national context; * They have historic interest as a surviving component of medieval and post-medieval village life; * They have strong group value with five listed bastles, three of which are also designated as scheduled ancient monuments.		2009-10-21	2009-10-21
1393516	War Memorial	1393516	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.010367 55.767388,-2.010378 55.767358,-2.010331 55.767353,-2.010319 55.767383,-2.010367 55.767388)))	First World War Memorial with Second World War and Falkland's War additions. MATERIAL: Granite. The memorial takes the form of a kneeling female figure upon a tall rusticated stone pedestal which in turn stands upon a five-stepped base. The figure is sculpted in thoughtful pose with eyes closed and head bowed. The head is resting on the left hand and a floral wreath is held in the right hand. The memorial records the names of the 117 men of Tweedmouth who fell in the Great War, three of the men of Tweedmouth who fell in the Second World War and a single serviceman who fell in the Falkland's War. Inscription ON FRONT reads: IN EVER GRATEFUL AND / PROUD REMEMBRANCE / OF THE BRAVE MEN OF / TWEEDMOUTH WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TWEEDMOUTH / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR. / THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US / BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY / 2ND ENGINEERING OFFICER / PAUL A. HENRY, G.M. / 8TH JUNE 1982 / ABOARD RFA / SIR GALAHAD / AT BLUFF COVE / FALKLAND ISLANDS. / ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF / TWEEDMOUTH AND OTHER FRIENDS / Below this the dates 1914 - 1919 and 1939 - 1945 are carved in half relief. Inscription ON STEP of pedestal reads: TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN / OF TWEEDMOUTH / WHO HAVE FALLEN / SINCE 1945 / The names of the Fallen are carved within recessed panels on the sides and rear of the pedestal. HISTORY: The first World War memorial, with Second World War and Falkland War additions, was commissioned by the inhabitants of Tweedmouth and constructed by public subscription. The source of the quotation used in the inscription is 1 Samuel XXV 15, 16. Photograph of the war memorial survive showing its unveiling in the 1920s and after the Prince of Waleshad lain a wreath on 16th May 1928. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The war memorial at Tweedmouth is designated at Grade II for the following reasons: * It is an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community; * It has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context; * It is an imposing and dignified memorial that contributes to the town's street scene.		2009-11-11	2009-11-11
1393517	St Cuthbert's Lychgate War Memorial	1393517	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.254547 54.897795,-2.254591 54.897814,-2.254622 54.897790,-2.254578 54.897771,-2.254547 54.897795)))	First World War Memorial lych gate with Second World War additions, 1920 by Mr J Landell Nicholson and constructed by Messrs J and W Newman; the woodcarver was Mr R Percy Appleby. MATERIALS: sandstone, oak, tile. The memorial takes the form of a gothic lych gate to St Cuthbert's Church from Allendale Market Place. It comprises a timber superstructre with a pitched roof of tile upon a dressed stone base. A carved wooden cross of St Cuthbert sits above the outer entrance. The outer faces of the timber sides are decorated with quatre foils and the unner faces are each divided into three panels which record the inscriptions and the names of the 22 men of Allendale who fell in the Great War and 2 of the men of Allendale who fell in the Second World War. Inscription on overhead arch reads: FOR GOD KING / AND COUNTRY Inscription on centre panel left side reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 -1919 / THIS LYCH GATE IS DEDICATED (names on panels to either side) Inscription on centre panel right side reads: THEY WHOM THIS LYCH GATE COMMEMORATES / WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT / THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL / THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT / OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY / AND SELF SACRIFICE BY GIVING UP / THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHER MEN MIGHT / LIVE IN FREEDOM. LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER / SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES / BE NOT FORGOTTEN. Inscription on left panel right side reads: 1939 - 1945 WAR (names) HISTORY: The memorial was designed by Mr J Landell Nicholson, the masons were Messrs J and W Newman and the woodcarver was Mr R Percy Appleby. The source of the inscription on the centre panel right was adapted from a Certificate sent to all bereaved families under the George V cipher and coat of arms. The war memorial was unveiled at a ceremony on the 1st August 1920 by Vicountess allendale and dedicated by Canon Newsom. An original photograph of the ceremony is preserved. Of thos named, J Routledge was awarded the Military Medal in 1916 and Albert Henderson was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1917. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial at Allendale is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * It is an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic worls events on this community commemorating the Fallen of Allendale who lost their lives in both World Wars; * It has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context; * It is a well executed war memorial of much character that contributes to the town's street scene; * Standing at the entrance to the church yard, it has group value with St Cuthbert;'s Church.		2009-11-11	2009-11-11
1393563	Royal Tweed Bridge	1393563	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.009155 55.768573,-2.009613 55.768372,-2.009649 55.768388,-2.009710 55.768388,-2.009732 55.768360,-2.009714 55.768327,-2.011218 55.767666,-2.011811 55.767417,-2.011693 55.767301,-2.009572 55.768226,-2.009536 55.768208,-2.009478 55.768208,-2.009461 55.768224,-2.009458 55.768239,-2.009472 55.768270,-2.008482 55.768704,-2.008431 55.768685,-2.008377 55.768687,-2.008359 55.768710,-2.008358 55.768724,-2.008378 55.768749,-2.007165 55.769282,-2.006992 55.769341,-2.006986 55.769360,-2.006482 55.769580,-2.006609 55.769704,-2.007127 55.769462,-2.007155 55.769464,-2.007233 55.769430,-2.007237 55.769413,-2.009155 55.768573)),((-2.008624 55.768806,-2.008518 55.768852,-2.008558 55.768867,-2.008614 55.768862,-2.008634 55.768840,-2.008634 55.768815,-2.008624 55.768806)))	ROYAL TWEED BRIDGE, GV II*. Arched road bridge, 1925-28, by L G Mouchel and Partners; the consulting engineers were Colonel C H Bressey and Mr J H Bean; the contractors were Holloway Brothers. MATERIALS: reinforced concrete and dressed sandstone. DESCRIPTION: Royal Tweed Bridge is 430m long and almost 14m wide and has four arches, three of which are over the river and two approach viaducts. The span of the arches increase towards the north bank and are 50.1m, 74.4m, 95.5m and 108.5m. The two approach viaducts are 60m and 44m. Each of the four arches is formed by four ribs, solid throughout the shortest span and the others are solid at the crowns and of hollow section from their springing. The bridge's superstructure is formed of columns rising at intervals from each of four arch ribs in each span, connected at the top by longitudinal beams which in turn support transverse beams; the road deck is carried upon the latter. A system of diagonal wind bracing is provided at each pier and expansion joints are provided in the decking and parapets over each pier. Abutments and river pier foundations are of mass concrete and there are two river piers on the north and a third pier on the south bank in addition to a south and north abutment pier. The parapet is of dressed sandstone and there are rectangular pillars with pyramidal coping stones either side of the entries to the bridge. Sets of cast iron lamp posts flank the central roadway with bollards in between. There are bronze plaques fixed to either side of the inner parapet bearing the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland, in addition to plaques commemorating the opening of the bridge in 1928 and the engineers and officials responsible for its construction. HISTORY: Royal Tweed Bridge was designed by L G Mouchel & Partners and built by Holloway Bros Ltd between 1924 and 1928. The bridge cost a total of #180,000 and up to 170 people were employed in its construction. As early as 1896 a new road bridge had been planned for the site to carry the A1 road from London to Edinburgh across the River Tweed, as a means of diverting traffic from the adjacent C17 Old Bridge. A scheme had been produced in 1914 but the outbreak of the First World War intervened and plans were not revived until 1924. At this time a seven arched masonry bridge was planned but subsequently a concrete structure of four arches was decided upon. When built, the bridge possessed the longest reinforced concrete arch in Britain and was also the country's longest highway viaduct. The bridge was opened with great ceremony by the Prince of Wales, Later King Edward VIII on 16th May 1928. The bridge continued to form part of the A1 road until the construction of a bypass and bridge was of Berwick in the 1980s, since when The Royal Tweed Bridge's importance as a river crossing has been reduced. Louis Gustave Mouchel (1852-1908) is known as the person who introduced 'ferro-concrete' to Britain, one of the influential and far reaching inventions to shape C20 civil engineering. The technique involved strengthening the concrete with iron or steel, a process patented by his colleague Francois Hennebique but was further developed through his own business in the UK. The firm L G Mouchel and Partners were notable bridge and concrete engineers responsible or contributors to a number of important schemes, many of which are listed buildings including three Grade II listed bridges: The Free Bridge, Shropshire (1910), Reigate Hill Footbridge (1910) and Horseshoe Bridge, Lincolnshire (1910-12). The bridge was built by Holloway Brothers established in 1882, whose notable contracts included the naval barracks at Chatham (Grade II), Admiralty Building (Grade I) and the Old Bailey (Grade II*). From 1906, the firm took on civil engineering contracts including docks, railway buildings and sea defences and its first major bridge building contract was in 1914. A bracnh office was opened in Newcastle in 1917 to handle the growing North East business. After the death of its highly respected co-founder Sir Henry Holloway, in 1923, his nephew Henry Thomas Holloway became director of the company and expanded the civil engineering side of the business. SOURCES: M Chrimes, 'The development of concrete bridges in the British Isles prior to 1940' in M Chrimes, R Sutherland and D Humm (eds), Historic Concrete: background to appraisal (2001); Engineering, v.125 (4 & 18 May 1828), pp.527-9, 542, 542 & plates 48-50; The Engineer, v.145 (18 May 1928), pp.542-3; W Harnley, 'Berwick's fify-year old Royal Tweed Bridge', Concrete (January 1979), pp.20-1; A R Collins, Structural Engineering: two centuries of British achievement, Institution of Structural Engineers (Great Britain) 1983, 94; N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, 2nd edition (1992) 180. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Royal Tweed Bridge is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * This bridge was at the cutting edge of concrete bridge construction and when built it possessed the longest reinforced concrete arch in Britain and was also the country's longest highway viaduct; * It is striking in scale and design, formal qualities which are complimented by quality materials and finishing; * It is an intact bridge designed by the eminent engineering firm L G Mouchel and Partners, responsible for the introduction of 'ferro concrete' in Britain; * It is associated with the successful and respected building firm Holloway Brothers, specilaist builders in reinforced concrete; * Royal Tweed Bridge has group value as a component of a group of three bridges spanning the River Tweed: C17 Berwick Bridge (Listed Grade I and a scheduled monument) and The Royal Border Bridge of 1848 (listed Grade I); * It offered a bold engineering solution to this river crossing and the expansion of the 1920s road network.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393564	Pair Of Chapels, Lodge, Wall And Gate Piers At Tweedmouth Cemetery	1393564	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.007013 55.754543,-2.006930 55.754449,-2.006910 55.754454,-2.006883 55.754419,-2.006784 55.754444,-2.006797 55.754459,-2.006856 55.754444,-2.006871 55.754464,-2.006796 55.754483,-2.006863 55.754580,-2.006777 55.754601,-2.006766 55.754629,-2.006742 55.754655,-2.006193 55.754799,-2.006723 55.754667,-2.006745 55.754656,-2.006766 55.754636,-2.006780 55.754603,-2.007102 55.754524,-2.007168 55.754539,-2.007231 55.754535,-2.008153 55.754304,-2.007229 55.754533,-2.007169 55.754537,-2.007103 55.754521,-2.007013 55.754543)),((-2.007420 55.754286,-2.007377 55.754234,-2.007197 55.754280,-2.007232 55.754325,-2.007219 55.754328,-2.007231 55.754344,-2.007256 55.754338,-2.007250 55.754329,-2.007420 55.754286)),((-2.006457 55.754539,-2.006445 55.754525,-2.006430 55.754528,-2.006394 55.754483,-2.006212 55.754530,-2.006255 55.754582,-2.006425 55.754537,-2.006433 55.754546,-2.006457 55.754539)))	Pair of mortuary chapels and lodge, 1858. MATERIALS: Squared sandstone blocks in random courses, with Welsh slate roofs. PLAN: The gatelodge is set between two sets of wrought iron gates and gate piers, with paths leading right and left (west and east) to two chapels which face each other. The chapels are mirror images of each other, having a rectangular plan with a tower at the front right and left corner respectively. EXTERIORS: Lodge: from the road, the lodge has a central two storey gable, with two round-arch windows at ground floor and a single one in the gable, all one-over-one sashes. To each side is a single storey wing with a similar window. At the apex is a single tall stack with chimney pot. The left return has a two-storey gable to the left with a paired window at ground floor and a single in the gable, all round arched sashes. To the right is a lower gable slightly forward, with two round arched doors of slightly different sizes, having decorative iron hinges. To the right again is a flat roofed section with a single door (a former convenience). The right return is the same except that one of the two doors is replaced by a window. Gables are raised with stone kneelers. To the rear two tall double stacks rise from the eaves. A high stone wall, pierced on the left reurn by a wooden gate, encloses a small courtyard to the rear: foundation remains suggest former outbuildings both within and without this wall. East chapel (former Church of England): the west front has a central round-arch doorway with moulded surround with Norman style dog-tooth decoration; the double door has similar hinges to the lodge doors. There is a string course at the pringing of the arch, another at first floor level and a third at the springing of the arch of the upper window. The central upper window is a bipartite window with moulded surround and Corinthian style columns. The gable above has a dentil cornice. At the left side is a projecting square tower with a projecting moulded plinth and two string courses at first floor and eaves level. There is a narrow round arched window at first floor level and a larger one in the top stage to front and back with small round windows to the sides. Above is a tall square spire with dentil cornic and decorative fish-scale slates. Each side has a projecting plinth and three large round arch windows set in slightly recessed bays divided by flat pilasters and topped be dentils. The windows rise above a string course with a further string course at the springing of the arch. To the rear the lower string course continues and there are three windows similarly set as those to the sides. Above, the gable end is raised with a round window in the centre. The roof incorporates bands of decorative fish-scale slates. West Chapel (former Nonconformist): this is a reverse image of the east chapel. INTERIORS: The interior of the lodge was not accessed. East Chapel: the interior is simply laid out with bench pews to either side of a central aisle with a slightly raised area to the east end with an altar, reading desk and altar rail, all in timber. The roof is boarded with two exposed trusses with arched braces below a king post and struts. West chapel: the interior is used for storage and has no fittings surviving apart from tongue and groove boarding to the lower walls. The roof is the same as the east chapel. HISTORY: The cemetery was established in 1858 when the churchyard at the church of St Brtholomew became full and the Burial Act allowed local authorities and parishes to make provision outside of churchyards for burying the dead. The site appears to have been a quarry previously. The two chapels were intended for Church of England and Nonconformist services, but only the Church of England chapel remains in use while the other is used for storage. The lodge building is operated by social services for family use. SUBSIDIARY ITEMS: The gates on either side of the lodge are of wrought iron and hung from wrought iron piers formed of a hollow square decoratively wrought. The cemetery is enclosed by a low stone wall. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The mortuary chapels, gate lodge, gates and piers at Tweedmouth Cemetery are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * They demonstrate a significant development in the provision of services for the dead in the mid-19th century; * The chapels are architecturally competatnt with a strong design hich is modified for the domestic status of the gatelodge while retaining features which bind them together as a group; * Their Norman styling is unusual for this type of building; * They are an intact group which has suffered from very little loss or alteration.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393565	Gravestone Of John Mackay Wilson, Churchyard	1393565	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.008903 55.763721,-2.008927 55.763715,-2.008933 55.763697,-2.008903 55.763685,-2.008875 55.763694,-2.008871 55.763703,-2.008878 55.763715,-2.008903 55.763721)))	Headstone erected 1835 to John Mackay Wilson (1804-1835). MATERIALS: sandstone, now painted. DESCRIPTION: A tall retangular monument situated in Tweedmouth Cemetery, with fluted pilasters flanking the epitaph, carrying an entablature with a frieze of floral motifs. The stone has a stepped parapet, formerly surmounted by a stone urn, now missing. The rear is of similar form but largely plain. The inscription reads: erected / to the Memory / of / JOHN MACKAY / WILSON / who died 2nd October 1835, / in the 31st year of his age. / This Stone Erected to his/Memory by his Widow / SARAH WILSON. / The above / JOHN MACKAY WILSON / poet & author of / 'The Tales of the Borders', / Born at Tweedmouth on 15 August. / 1804. HISTORY: John Mackay Wilson was born in Tweedmouth in August 1804 and died at the age of 31 in October 1835. He worked, with varying degrees of success, as a printer, lecturer in literature and as editor of the Berwick Advertiser. Towards the end of his life in 1834, Wilson published on a weekly basis 'The Tales of The Borders', popular in Britain and America and which capitalised on the current taste for the traditional-looking Scottish stories created by Sir Walter Scott. Weekly circulation rose steadily from 2000 to 16000-17000. In all 48 numbers were published, comprising 73 tales including the part autobiographical 'The Poor Scholar'. The series was continued after Wilson's death by his brother and then extended by Alexander Leighton a contemporary Scottish literary figure of national significance. SOURCES: ETW Bayne, 'Wilson, John Mackay (bap. 1804, d.1835), rev HCG Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This head stone to John Mackay Wilson of 1835, is designated for the following princiapl reasons: * Its imposing scale and well-executed neo-classical decoration; * Mackay Wilson is a figure of national significance for his 'Tales of the Borders' volumes; * It has Group Value with the adjacent listed church, in whose graveyard it is located; * It is unusual to see an epitaph refer to published works in this period.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393638	War Memorial	1393638	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.989868 55.754709,-1.990027 55.754619,-1.989868 55.754530,-1.989708 55.754619,-1.989868 55.754709)))	First World War memorial with Second World War additions. MATERIALS: Granite with bronze plaques on exposed concrete foundations. DESCRIPTION: The memorial takes the form of an obelisk supported by a pedestal with dentilled cornice and three-stepped base on top of concrete exposed foundations. Three bronze plaques with inscriptions in relief appear on its front, north east face. The upper plaque, attached to the obelisk reads: TO OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD The central plaque, attached to the pedestal, reads: TO THE MEMORY OF / SPITTAL MEN WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 It goes on to list 37 names in alphabetical and rank order. The lower plaque, attached to the base, reads: TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN AND WOMEN OF SPITTAL / WHO FELL IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR HISTORY: The war memorial was unveiled by Brigadier R W Riddell in July 1921. A plaque was later added to commemorate the falled of World War II. The memorial was previously surrounded by low metal railings. SOURCES: United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 21-Jul-09; University of St Andrews Library Photographic Archive, record no JV-40056[A], accessed 21-Jul-09. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The war memorial in Spittal is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community; * It has strong cultural and historical significance within both a local and national context; * It is an imposing and dignified memorial that contributes to the street scene.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393639	178-180, Main Street	1393639	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.990426 55.755102,-1.990569 55.755033,-1.990530 55.755007,-1.990600 55.754972,-1.990505 55.754907,-1.990459 55.754929,-1.990481 55.754944,-1.990500 55.754935,-1.990514 55.754944,-1.990468 55.754966,-1.990431 55.754942,-1.990287 55.755012,-1.990332 55.755041,-1.990305 55.755054,-1.990356 55.755088,-1.990383 55.755074,-1.990426 55.755102)))	Pair of semi-detached houses, 1880s, built by William Wilson, local architect, builder and funerary sculptor. MATERIALS: Pink/grey local sandstone, roughly shaped and coursed to the rear and left return coursed to front and right return with ashlar and 'fish-scale' rustication. Roofs are grey slate. PLAN: The pair are mirrored images, with three storeys plus semi-basement. Each has an enclosed front porch, hall and staircase with front and back reception room, and both have a single storey extension across the rear. EXTERIOR: The main elevation has four 2-over-4 vertical sash windows set evenly across the first floor with ashlar dressings and each with a different carved head in the centre of the lintel. A central single storey enclosed porch has doors facing to the sides and is approached up a curved flight of stone steps. The entrances are round-arched with a prominent keystone, and have panelled half glazed doors with a semi-circular overlight. Facing front are two round arched windows set in plain engaged columns with Ionic capitals. At each corner and in the centre are similar columns rising from the ground to the roof and supporting an entablature with a frieze of deeply carved swags, dentils and cornice. Above each column is a free-standing bust, a central one of Alexander the Great, flanked by heads purportedly of Robert Burns and Walter Scott. A ground floor window to each side is a two-light 2-over-4 sash with a segmental arch top, set in narrow pilasters with console brackets supporting a narrow projecting cornice. A string course at first floor level is dentilled, while that at second floor is plain. The four second floor windows are lucarnes with semi-circular heads; their architraves are carved and scrolled. At each of the four corners of the hipped roof is a free-standing carved eagle. All of the stonework save the quoins, window dressings and the second floor is heavily incised with a fishscale patterning. Basement windows with plain stone surrounds are visible to the side of the front steps, and continue to each side. The right return has the same string course and stonework patterning as the front. Four ground floor and four first floor windows are similar to the first floor front windows, each with an individually carved head on the lintel. The second floor windows are also similar to the front second floor windows, and are positioned to either side of two large ashlar chimney stacks with dentilled cornices. The left return is plainer, with the same number of windows on each floor but only the second floor windows having carved and scrolled architraves, the rest with plain dressings. The stonework is roughly coursed and shaped, as is that to the rerar. The ground floor to the rear is occupied across the width of the building by two similar extensions, both with hipped slate roofs and rendered and glazed walls. The original back wall has four 2-over4 sash windows at different heights and two smaller windows at second floor level. Both houses have a single roof light at the rear. INTERIOR: The left hand of the pair (No 180) has an original front door opening into the porch which has deep decorative coving of alternating lion heads and consoles. A round-headed archway leads to the hall which has similar coving and a door to the left to the main reception room. At the far end is another archway beyond which is the curving dog-leg staircase which has decorative cast iron balusters and a wooden handrail. The corridor continues to the left of the stair, leading to the rear reception room and stairs down to the basement. These have plain stick balusters. The front room has window shutters, original skirting boards, timber fireplace surround and elaborate plasterwork ceiling rose and cornicing with an individual floral frieze above a modified egg-and-dart. The rear reception room is plainer but retains cornices, skirtings and shutters. A former window to the rear has been altered to form a doorway to the C21 rear extension which has an open roof structure and roof lights as well as windows to the rear and a side door to the exterior. The basement is subdivided into several rooms, each having windows opening to exterior light wells. There are three first floor bedrooms, two of which have highly decorative cornicing and an elaborate ceiling rose. The stairs to the second floor have plainer cast iron balusters. The three second floor bedrooms are partly in the roof and have arched and angled openings to the windows. The right hand of the pair (No 178) is a mirror image of the left, but has fewer original doors, shutters or skirtings. Original fireplaces do not survive and there is some alteration to the layout of the first floor. In the front porch is a circular plasterwork plaque, said to be a copy of a continental original, showing a female figure with a cherub at her back, in classical style. HISTORY: The pair was built in the 1880s by William Wilson, a local architect, builder and funerary sculptor. He is said to have built No 178 for himself and to have sold No 180 to fund it, though this is also said of Wilson Terrace further down Main Street, built in 1878. The houses have undergone some internal losses, and outbuildings to the rear of No 178 (storerooms and privies) have been demolished, but with the exception of a single storey extension to the rear of each, they remain largely unaltered. SETTING: The pair faces Main Street on ground that rises quite rapidly to the rear. The former outbuildings at No 178 have gone and a garage built that extend to the rear side of the house. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Nos 178 and 180 Main Street, Spittal are deisngated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * They are highly individual examples of Victorian eclecticism; * They display high levels of craftsmanship and individual design; * The exterior decoration and embellishment is extremely accomplished and showcases the skills of the individual builder who was also a sculptor; * Despite some losses, the interiors also contain very good quality and individually executed decorative details, including plasterwork and cast iron work; * They are directly comparable to other examples of the work of William Wilson that are also listed.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393640	Former Spa Well	1393640	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.990311 55.754471,-1.990323 55.754482,-1.990333 55.754478,-1.990290 55.754443,-1.990281 55.754447,-1.990294 55.754457,-1.990311 55.754471)))	Well head structure of late 18th century date with later additions, in dressed sandstone blocks with a stone slate roof. EXTERIOR: The outer shell has a gabled front and a high ridge stone with trefoil shaped moulding. The front is open with rounded jambs, and a round-topped arch to the interior. To either side are low stone retaining walls with chamfered cappings and to the left, beyond the walls, is a flight of steps leading to the higher ground behind the well head. INTERIOR: The interior is apsidal with a low stone platform below the water outlet and a shallow outlet basin in the paved ground. In front of the structure is a semicircle of paving of more recent date into which the outlet basin is set. SETTING: The well head is situated in a square of open ground facing on to Main Street, Spittal which also contains the War Memorial and a second well structure which his probably associated with the war memorial. The ground slopes down to the street, and the Spa Well is towards the rear in a low terrace. Paths link it to the front of the area which is otherwise grassed. HISTORY: The structure of the old Spa Well can be stylistically dated to the late C18, and is marked on a map of 1837 as 'Spaw Well'. It was in the early C19 that Spittal began to be developed as a resort, and the 'New Town' began to be built up in order to attract visitors for sea-bathing and to drink the waters from the Spa Well. The well was valued as a source of iron, lime, magnesia and sulphate of soda. The Well is also marked on the 1866 OS 1:10560 map, by which time other houses had begun to appear in the vicinity. The open area to the front of the well was later developed with the War Memorial and another well which was probably associated with the memorial. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Spa Well, Spittal, is designated at Grade II for the following princiapl reasons: * The structure dates from the late C18 or early C19; * It has historic importance as a singificant factor in the development of the spa resort of Spittal in the early C19; * It is well constructed in the Gothic style, reminiscent of a sculpture niche; * It has group value with the listed terrace and War Memorial.		2009-12-08	2009-12-08
1393671	Mounting Block	1393671	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.011968 55.768114,-2.011996 55.768105,-2.012000 55.768093,-2.011993 55.768084,-2.011963 55.768078,-2.011938 55.768090,-2.011941 55.768105,-2.011968 55.768114)))	WEST END Tweedmouth (South,off) MOUNTING BLOCK II Mounting block, probably C17 and possibly C16 in date. It sits off West End, situated between parking spaces directly in front of The Thatch Public House. It is carved from a single piece of sandstone into four steps, aligned rising to the north west, which have been heavily worn through use. The bottom step appears to have snapped off the main block and is partially buried. There is evidence of scrape lines to its south west side and repair work in concrete to its north east and north west sides. A C20 plaque has been attached to the north east side which reads, `This ancient Mounting Block (louping stane) is all that remains of the Old Thatch House Tavern which was erected in 1535.' HISTORY: It was most likely placed in this position to serve The Thatch House Tavern, a building with probable C17, and possible C16 origins. This suffered serious fire damage in 1886, but was rebuilt and has continued in use as a public house to the present day. The mounting block appears on the 1:528 Town Plan of 1855 in its current position. It was removed for disposal during the 1970s, but was rescued shortly after and replaced in its original position. SOURCES Menuge, A & Dewar, C, Berwick-upon-Tweed: Three places, two nations, one town (English Heritage 2009) 31 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The mounting block off West End in Tweedmouth is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural Interest: It is a good example of a once common piece of street furniture and a reminder of the former importance of horse transport. * Historic Interest: It is likely to be pre-1700 in date and in its original location.		2010-03-02	2010-03-02
1393739	Bark Pots At The Anchorage	1393739	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.632022 55.558652,-1.632181 55.558562,-1.632023 55.558472,-1.631864 55.558561,-1.632022 55.558652)))	Bark pots at the Anchorage, HARBOUR ROAD, EAST OFF, Grade II Set of bark pots of late C18 date and a single bark pot of C20 date. MATERIALS: sandstone with cast iron pots and brick chimneys, later example is of sandstone with a brick flue and a steel pot set in concrete. PLAN: rectangular in shape and oriented east to west with a square detached C20 example at the east end. The later C18 structure is of sandstone construction and has the remains of at least three deep and circular cast iron 'pots' set into its top surface. There are rectangular flue holes beneath each pot, in which fires were set, and there are the remains of two (rebuilt) brick chimneys to the rear at the east end. A detached sandstone structure is situated at the east end of the main structure; this has a brick flue and a square steel 'pot' set in concrete; this is considered to be of early to mid-C20 date and a continuation of the same tradition of steeping fishing equipment to give greater longevity. SUBSIDIARY ITEMS: there are two cast iron pots set into the ground to the rear of the main structure. HISTORY: The Northumberland fishing induestry has its origins in medieval times, and in the post-medieval period, it became focused on a handful of small ports including Beadnell Haven, a man-enhanced natural opening in the rocks giving access to a sandy beach where boats could be dragged out of the water. From the late C18, the east coast herring fishing industry became increasingly dominant in national economic terms, exploiting the regular migration of large herring shoals that moved southwards from Northumberland in mid summer to East Anglia by early autumn. The process of steeping fishing line, nets, sails and related items in a tannin solution was common to fishing communities around England in the later C18 and C19. Water and a tannin rich substance were boiled together, over a fire, in order to extract the tannin for the preservation of items associated with the pre-modern fishing industry. The tannin solution had astringent, degreasing and preservative properties and was known as 'bark' as it was originally derived from oak bark. From the later C19, fishermen used a substance called 'cutch' derived from the sap of a tropical plant. This set of bark pots are considered to have been constructed in the later C18 at the same time as a group of fishermen's cottages known as 'Fisher Square' (now demolished). They are depicted on the First Edition 25 inch plan of c.1860 and the plan also depicts a shorter, second structure to the rea of the first (now also demolished). A single bark pot was added to the group in the early to mid-C20 and latterly, they were used to prepare tar for the same purpose. SOURCES; Porteous, K, The Bonny Fisher Land, memories of the North Northumberland fishing community, (2003) 22, 38-39, 109, 115 Porteous, K, Know you fishing heritage: bark pots, in Archaeology in Northumberland Issue no 17 (2007), 26-27 Porteous, K, Northumberland's sea-fishing heritage, in Archaeology in Northumberland Issue no 18 (2008), 14-15 Porteous, K, Know your fishing heritage: Beadnell Haven, in Archaeology in Northumberland Issue no 18 (2008), 62-4 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This set of bark pots of later C18 date is designated at Grade II for the following principal resaons: * Rarity: a rare survival of a once widespread process designed to preserve items associated with the pre-modern fishing industry * Date: as an C18 structure, this is a very early example of an east coast fishing related industrial process * Intactness: the main elements of the tannin extraction process are preserved in situ at this site including hearths, pots and chimneys Longevity: several phases of development are represented by this structure which spans the later C18 through to the mid-C20, a period at which the importance of the fishing industry was at its height.		2010-03-31	2010-03-31
1393893	Mansergh	1393893	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.002006 55.771009,-2.002040 55.771116,-2.002117 55.771107,-2.002083 55.770998,-2.002006 55.771009)))	Town house constructed in the mid C18 and refurbished in the mid-later C19; C20 extension to rear. MATERIALS: sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; stuccoed and rendered, brick chimneys and Welsh slate roofs. PLAN: L-shape with kitchen range to rear. Formerly of two cells separated by an alley, the latter blocked at each end and incorporated within the body of the house. EXTERIOR: three storeys and three bays under a hipped roof with rear and right eaves chimneystacks and decorative finials. A central entrance with a classical door case is flanked by paired windows to the right and a single window to the left; the first and second floors each have three similar windows. Ground and first floor windows have similar pediment-shaped lintels with incised quatrefoils and all windows house two-pane replacement sash windows. The left return to The Parade comprises a single bay with an oriel window to the first floor. There is a two-storey C19 service extension to the rear. INTERIOR: entrance vestibule with carved oak double doors leading to hall giving access to dining room on the left; dining room has decorative cornice and ceiling rose, cupboard in recess and carved wooden fireplace. Other ground-floor reception room is plain. A C19 wooden staircase gives access to the first floor via a plaster stair arch; the first-floor drawing room is decorated in a similar style to that of the ground floor. Bedrooms on this level and the third floor are plain, some with original cupboards and fireplaces. The roof structure is formed of sawn timbers. HISTORY: This town house, formerly known as 'Parade View' is situated on the south-west corner of The Parade, an historic open space which formed a focus for military and public gatherings in Berwick. Armstrong's map of Berwick (1769) while diagrammatic in nature depicts buildings on the site of the house and its adjacent plots; the present buildings on both sides abut the quoins of this house indicating that the house was earlier in date. The 1852 Board of health Plan depicts the house with a rectangular footprint and it is clear that the ground floor of the original building consisted of two separate cells (the present ground floor reception rooms) placed either side of an alley giving access to the rear yard. By the time of the 1898 Ordnance Survey map the alley was blocked and incorporated within the body of the house; its former location marked by the ground floor window immediately to the right of the main entrance. The building had also been extended to the rear at the south end. The house itself is documented in an indenture dated 1771 recording the sale of the property, and it is considered to be mid C18 in date. External and internal evidence suggests that the house underwent both external and internal refurbishment and some remodelling in the mid to later C19. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Mansergh, Church Street, a mid C18 town house with mid-later C19 alterations, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Design: it was designed as an imposing three-storey mid-later C18 dwelling with the characteristic detailing of houses of this date in Berwick upon Tweed. * Planning: to occupy a corner site opposite the Parade, an open space for both military and public gatherings. * Group Value: it forms a group with numerous listed buildings ranged around the open space of the Parade including an example of similar style and proportions on an adjacent corner plot. * Evolution: the evolved nature of its exterior and internal plan illustrates a building history common to such buildings in Berwick upon Tweed, but very often lost by conversion.		2010-08-09	2010-08-09
1393915	Police Station And Magistrates Court	1393915	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.001684 55.769851,-2.001630 55.769946,-2.001998 55.770009,-2.001978 55.770055,-2.002039 55.770066,-2.002080 55.769994,-2.002095 55.769996,-2.002109 55.769973,-2.002093 55.769970,-2.002167 55.769836,-2.002014 55.769805,-2.002006 55.769820,-2.001910 55.769803,-2.001920 55.769785,-2.001911 55.769778,-2.001779 55.769756,-2.001730 55.769844,-2.001692 55.769837,-2.001684 55.769851)))	CHURCH STREET (East side) Police State and Magistrates Court. Law court and police station 1899-1900 to designs by Robert Burns Dick of Newcastle. MATERIALS: ashlar sandstone to front, rock faced sandstone plinth and snecked sandstone to rear elevation; slate roof. PLAN: rectangular with tower at left fronting onto Castle Street, on a site which slopes to the right. EXTERIOR: Main (west elevation has five-bays and two storeys with fith-bay formed by a three-stage stair tower. The ground-floor of the latter has an entrance with wooden double doors and a bracketed arched hood on raised columns; the word 'MAGISTRATES' above indicating the magistrates entry to the first-floor court. The tall second stage has paired slits and the upper stage has short columns supporting a high domed pyramidal roof. To the right is a three-bay section with a central entrance in a Gibs Surround with segmental hood and lettering reads 'POLICE' over indicating the entrance to the police station. Ground-floor windows in this section are mullioned with half glazing bars, and first-floor windows are similar with slightly bowed fronts. The wide right end bay projects and has a ground floor mullioned window (formed of Doric columns), a bracketed niche at first floor (statue missing) level and a shaped pediment bearing the carved Berwick coat of arms. Right return: police entrance to the court, with a bracketed segmental arched hood, three-light mullioned windows above and oriel window to the left. To the right the domestic character of the former Superintendent's house is clear, with hipped roofs and plain two-pane horned sash windows. Later extension to the left end and rear are not of special interest. INTERIOR: Ground-floor: original double doors give entry to the police station. There are three original cells with original doors remaining accessed off an original, truncated corridor. The remainder of the police station layout has been altered. First-floor: the court retains its original layout with a rear court room and offices to the front, off a large hall accessed by the main stair from Church Street. The stair continues to the upper floor and former gallery with metal balusters and a ramped wooden had rail. The court offices retain original ceilings above suspended celiings and their original layout is largely retained. Original features include decorative window arches, panelling and arched entrances to adjacent rooms. The court room, with an open pediment, has pitch pine panelled walls to dado level and above this they are divided by Ionic pilasters between paired windows with Doric columns. There is a segmental panelled plaster ceiling. Other fixtures and fittings, including original desks and benches are also of pitch pine. A raised Magistrate's bench is situated at the west end with an ornate wooden canopy carried on Doric columns bearing the Berwick coat of arms; the former public gallery has been removed and the space partially infilled, and the original central dock has been replaced by a modern example set to one side. HISTORY: this police station and magistrates court was constructed betwene June 1899 and 1901 to designs by the architect Robert Burns-Dick (1868-1959). His design was selected through a competition in May 1898 from a total of 37 schemes. The contractors were Messrs Bruce and Sons of Kelso and the masons Messrs Forrest of Edinburgh; all other trade and craftsmen were from Berwick and Tweedmouth. The building was ventilated by means of a fan driven by a gas powered hot air engine. Original plans depict the layout with a ground floor police station and a first floor court; there is a Superintendent's house to the rear , and a large open space (for drill and recreational purposes). The building was formally opened on 31st May 1901 by the Mayor, Magistrates and Town Council after a municipal procession. The architect, Robert Burns-Dick, son of Newcastle innkeeper and brewer's agent, entered into partnership in 1898 with James Cackett. Together they have more than 20 listed buildings to their name (mostly in the north-east) and were responsible for several local landmarks including the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (1903-4); the towers of the Tyne Road Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne (1924-8); and Spanish City, Whitley Bay (1908-10). All are listed at Grade II. The partnership also designed the Grade II* listed police station and court in Newcastle (1931-3). Outside the north-east, Burns-Dick designed the Grade II listed police station and court in Warrington (1899-1900). Police station and magistrates court, Church Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed, constructed at the turn of the C20 to designs by Robert Burns-Dick, is designated for the following principal reasons: * architectural: a distinctive and well designed example of a purpose-built, late C19 law court and police station * planning: it is a well planned multi-functional building displaying external and internal consistency and one in which its functions are clearly differentiated * decoration and symbolism: the building displays external and internal symbolic quality reflecting its aspirations and prestige within the community it serves * intactness: the exterior of the building is largely intact and, while some losses are inevitable in this building type, the first floor court is mostly intact * designer: it was designed by a highly respected regional architect, whose partnership has c.20 listed buildings to its name.		2010-08-12	2010-08-12
1393923	No. 33, Palace Street	1393923	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.003079 55.766563,-2.003136 55.766499,-2.003029 55.766476,-2.002999 55.766510,-2.002959 55.766503,-2.002940 55.766527,-2.003079 55.766563)))	Town house. Late C18. MATERIALS: finely dressed stone ashlar front elevation, rendered rear. Pantile roof. PLAN: single pile, originally with a side through-passage. Winder stair to the rear. Two storey, single bay rear outshut. EXTERIOR: Front: two bay, two storeys plus attic. Front door is offset to the far right (south). Low plinth, first floor cill band and dentilated eaves cornice. Windows are 6-over- hornless sashes. The 6-panel front door has a rectangular overlight with margin glazing. The roof is pierced by two large C20 dormers that are not of special interest, but almost certainly replaced (and enlarged) original dormers or roof lights. Tall, rendered end stack to the left abutting that of the neighbouring house, with a second stack downslope to the rear serving the outshut. Rear: tall, large 4-over-4 horned sash stair window, other windows are modern replacements, including one on the ground floor in place of the back door to the through-passage, now lighting a downstairs toilet. INTERIOR: Ground floor front parlour: panelled window shutters and soffit. Modern fireplace (not of special interest - thought to have replaced a kitchen range), flanked by 6-panelled cupboard doors. The door to the room is modern, but retains original architraves. Backing onto the entrnace passage there is a bed alcove. The main part of the room has an original plaster cornice. Staircase: simple, closed string stair with stick balusters and a tall grip handrail. Winder stair with a tight dogleg to the attic. First floor front left room (best drawing room): 6-panelled door, panelled window shutters and soffit. C18 fire surround and mantelpiece (fireplace modern replacement) with 6-panelled cupboard door to the left and basket-arched alcove to the right. All joinery enriched with additional mouldings relative to the other rooms. Original corniced ceiling, but picture rail and dado probably later additions. First floor front right (now bathroom): panelled window shutters and cornice. Short staircase to the inserted doorway is modern, access originally via a now blocked door to the front left room. First floor outshut (now bedroom): 6-panelled door, and a narrow, panelled, cupboard door. Cornicing. Fireplace removed. Attic: two attic rooms both have original panelled doors of two large panels. Roof structure: mainly concealed but appears to be a common rafter roof. Baltic pine with pegged joints and carpenters' marks. HISTORY: First shown on Fuller's map of 1799 (the site is shown as being undeveloped on Armstrong's map of 1769). The 1855 Ordnance Survey town plan appears to show that the outshut was originally part of a separate house to the rear but that the current footprint of the house was extant by the 1898 Ordnance Survey map. Surviving period features show that this small town house is late C18 and clearly indicate the hierarchy of rooms with a ground floor parlour with sleeping alcove and the best drawing room on the floor above. REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: No 33 Palace Street is designated at Grade II for the following princiapl reasons: * Date: a good example of a little altered, small, C18 town house. * Architecture: a well, but simply detailed front elevation including good quality ashlar stonework. * Period features: the house retains a good range of C18 joinery and plasterwork indicating the C18 hierarchy of rooms with the best drawing room on the first floor.		2010-08-18	2010-08-18
1393926	Classical Statue	1393926	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.005295 55.772685,-2.005309 55.772674,-2.005249 55.772649,-2.005218 55.772677,-2.005295 55.772685)))	Memorial statue, 1892 by D W Stevenson. Materials: sandstone with bronze portrait and plaque. DESCRIPTION: this memorial is set within a paved area on the outer edge of Berwick's Elizabethan ramparts. It is constructed of sandstone (the plinth of Doddington stone) and comprises a graduated stepped base supporting a square plinth upon which stands a 2.5m high statue of the Greek goddess of health, Hygieia, characteristically holding a saucer in her right hand with water for a serpent, which is wound around a column at her side. On the right side at the base is the signature D.W.S. STEVENSON RSA/Sc. The square plinth bears a bronze tablet with a relief portrait of Maclagan in profile facing right; below this is the inscription: PHILIP WHITESIDE MACLAGAN/M.D./BORN 9TH OCTOBER 1818/DIED 25TH MAY 1892/IN AFFECTIONATE & GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/OF A NOBLE LIFE SPENT UNGRUDGINGLY/IN PROMOTING THE HIGHEST INTERESTS/OF HUMANITY/THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN HISTORY: Dr Phillip Whiteside Maclagan (1818-1892), was born and educated in Edinburgh, after which he became an army surgeon with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He married the daughter of Dr George Johnson of Berwick in 1847 and joined Johnson's practice in 1853, which he inherited on Johnson's death. In August 1892, three months after his death, it was decided to erect a memorial, funded by public subscription, to the memory of the respected local physician. It was originally intended to erect a simple modest memorial but #758 was raised and instead the Edinburgh sculptor D W Stevenson was commissioned and it was agreed that he should incorporate into his design a statue of Hygieia, the Greek goddess of good health. The memorial was erected at Marygate where it stood, until to ease traffic congestion, it was moved to a site outside the infirmary in 1922. It was moved by a few metres in 1993, again to east traffic congestion. The sculptor D W Stevenson (1842-1904) was born near Edinburgh and trained in the city under William Brodie. The winner of a number of national prizes in his early years, he went on to complete his studies in Rome. He was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1877 and developed a highly regarded reputation. He completed several important commissions of a monumental style, many of which are listed and in the field of architectural sculpture he contributed figures to the facade of the Grade A listed Scottish National Portrait Gallery. In 1888 he had sculpted a similar figure of Hygieia as a replacement for that within St Bernard's Well, Edinburgh, also listed Category A. His later work reflected British and French contemporary developments in which realism, individuality and a highly plastic style are combined and he excelled in naturalistic modelling. SOURCES: J L Caw, Stevenson, David Watson (1842-1904), rev. Fiona Pearson, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36287, accessed 29 April 2010] P Usherwood et al, Public Sculpture of North East England (2000), 18-19, 336 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This 1892 memorial statue to Dr Philip Whiteside Maclagan is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic: the sculptor of this statue, D W Stevenson, was a talented and well respected figure of national renown. * Architectural: it is a well-executed commemmorative statue of considerable intrinsic sculptural quality.		2010-08-20	2010-08-20
1393927	Club House	1393927	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.007754 55.770107,-2.007831 55.770073,-2.007716 55.769999,-2.007707 55.770004,-2.007571 55.769915,-2.007477 55.769939,-2.007519 55.769981,-2.007754 55.770107)))	Amateur Rowing Club Boathouse, 1869, extended 1883 by James Stevenson of Berwick. PLAN: rectangular, with jetty on north-west side. MATERIALS: stone east wall; overlapping timber boards; replacement metal roof covering. EXTERIOR: situated on the Berwick side of the River Tweed, this boathouse is raised off the ground by a series of timber piles. The ground floor is plain with several small square windows and a door, reached by a set of timber steps, in the west side. The north side has large wooden double doors giving access to the landing stage. The first floor has a corner viewing tower with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a decorative weather vane. A gabled entrance through the west side of the building gives access to an external timber viewing balcony, with a balustrade of diagonal crosses, which occupies the north and west sides of the building. A stone jetty is attached to the west end of the boathouse. INTERIOR: the ground floor boat store comprises an open space with timber boat hangars attached to both long sides and a slatted wooden floor. A simple ladder stair in the south-west corner gives access to the first-floor club house. The original southern half of the latter has been partially partitioned to provide ladies' facilities; the northern half remains open with an inserted bar at the south-west corner. HISTORY: rowing as a sport developed in England, with the River Thames seeing races going back well into the C18 and the first regatta held in 1775. Organised amateur boat racing has its origins in the first quarter of the C19 at Eton College where groups of students rowed for recreation with occasional races along the River Thames. This spread to Westminster School and Oxford and Cambridge Universities by 1820. The appeal of rowing as an amateur sport beyond school and college led to the formation of boat clubs in London including the Leander Club in 1818. The predominant activity of such clubs tended to be social, and dinners and picnics were a regular part of club events at which women were also welcome. Regattas proliferated during the 1830s, the most famous of which was the Henley Royal Regatta first held in 1839. With this upsurge of interest in rowing came the development of better boats and equipment, and the first major advance in rowing technology came from boatyards on the River Tyne in the 1840s and 50s. Indeed between the 1840s and 1870s the Tyne rowers were pre-eminent in their sport and the Tyne was regarded by the rowing world as a beacon of athleticism, innovation and technical excellence. By now boat racing was established in the public eye in England with the Henley Regatta and the Oxford-Cambridge boat race attracting hundreds of thousands of spectators. In addition to these set piece events however, numerous small public boat clubs were established in England throughout the second half of the C19 where men from all walks of life, rather than those attending large educational institutions, could partake in the emerging sport and hold their own local ragattas. The Berwick Amateur Rowing Club was formed early in 1869 in order to promote the sport of rowing in a gentlemanly and friendly manner. A number of gentlemen enrolled in the new club and a boathouse was constructed the same year on the Berwick side of the River Tweed. Rowing boats for the club's use were built on the River Tyne and delivered to the club in spring 1869. The club's first regatta was held in September 1869 and the course ran downstream from the Plantation to the newly constructed boathouse. In 1883, the boathouse was extended northwards by the addition of a new two-storey section and landing stage; original plans for this extension are signed 'Stevenson'; this is probably James Stevenson of Berwick. SOURCES: L Pearson, Pers Comm, 17-05-2010 (Author of the forthcoming Played on Tyne and Wear) I Whitehead, The Sporting Tyne: A History of Professional Rowing (2002) Berwickshire Amateur Rowing Club: additions to Club House February 1893, original building plans LB.1/42, Berwick Archive http://www.berwick-amateur-rowing-club.co.uk/history.htm Accessed on 14 May 2010 http://www.bhfinder.com/Articles/Details/Rowing-An-Historical-Overview-of-the-First-Modern-Sport.html Accessed on 14 May 2010 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: this purpose-built amteaur boathouse of 1869, extended in 1883 by James Stevenson of Berwick, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural: an attractive and largely intact club boathouse displaying the characteristic features of boat store, club house, balcony and viewing tower * Historical: as a good example of one of the many small public boat clubs established in England in the second half of the C19 as rowing emerged as a sport * Rarity: a rare example of a small purpose-built boathouse for a competitive team.		2010-08-20	2010-08-20
1393941	4, College Place	1393941	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.004596 55.771740,-2.004633 55.771783,-2.004807 55.771738,-2.004768 55.771692,-2.004596 55.771740)))	No 4 College Place. House, 1824. Central staircase plan, symmetrical front elevation, single pile, set in a non-uniform terrace. EXTERIOR: Front elevation (north facing): Two storey, double fronted facade with central door. Built using regular coursed squared sandstone with a Welsh slate roof and two brick stacks at gable ends, with lower courses of hand made bricks. Hornless eight over eight sash windows with surviving original glazing, flat stone lintels, projecting sills and alternate block jambs. Front foor with six beaded panels and rectangular overlight, ornamented with a decorative late C19 grill, all set in a plain raised surround. Inset door scraper and bell pull on the right side of the door. Rear elevation (south facing): Two storeys above a half basement. Built using irregularly coursed rubble (probably previously rendered), with quoins and pantiled roof. Unhorned three over three sash windows to basement, horned eight over eight windows above, with two over two sashes to the top floor. The central upper stair window is partially blocked by a smaller sash window. Windows (except to the basement) have concrete lintels and rendered surrounds. Back door is modern. INTERIOR: Good range of period features, including a near complete set of 6 panelled doors and what appear to be original floorboards throughout. The staircase is original with an open string stair without decorative brackets and a wreathed and ramped handrail, set on stick balusters. The ornate moulded newel post at the foot of the stairs is possibly a later C19 replacement of a cluster of balusters rising from a curtail step. The half landing has been partitioned off to form a bathroom. Reception room (ground floor) retain cornising, window shutters and other C19 joinery. The eastern reception room includes an oversized fireplace reputed to have been introduced from Haggerston Castle featuring an ornately carved timber surround. Both bedrooms also retain fireplaces (late Victorian or early C20 replacements) and 6 panelled cupboard doors. The western basement room retains an early C19 parlour fireplace surround and mantlepiece. The roof structure is largely original with a king post truss supporting a ridge beam and pegged purlins. SUBSIDIARIES: A small brick pivy attached to the rear. The garden is rubble stone walled and includes an outbuilding range which is mainly C20, although the southern stone built garage may be the C19 outbuilding depicted on early maps. HISTORY: deeds of the house date to 1824. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: * Date: an un-extended house pre-dating the 1840s with a good range of period features. * Architecture: a well composed, balanced, architecturally polite front elevation that is little altered. * Plan: College Place is of special interest for its largely unaltered interior plan form, retaining its staircase and much joinery.		2010-09-03	2010-09-03
1396106	No. 16-16a Market Place, Incorporating Remains Of St Mary's Church	1396106	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.101564 54.971293,-2.101477 54.971298,-2.101487 54.971364,-2.101580 54.971353,-2.101571 54.971293,-2.101564 54.971293)))	MARKET PLACE (south side) NY9360064083 No 16-16A Market Place, incorporating remains of St Mary's Church, II. Town house, mic !9; rear wall incorporating bays 2 and 3 of St Mary's C13 parish church. MATERIALS: House: red brick with ashlar dressings, slate roof, terracotta ridge and finial. Church: sandstone. PLAN: house facing north onto Market Place of two bays with basement; left bay with four floors and right bay with three floors above a ground floor passase. There is a staircase set against the passage wall. Church: nave with aisles to north and south and a sanctuary. EXTERIOR: North Elevation: 2 bays and 4 storeys with a bracketed eaves cornice, and prominent kneelers; the roof is pitched with ornate ridge tiles and a finial to the right. Tall, stepped chimney to left gable and there are moulded bands at first and second floor level and quoins to left side and upper right side. The ground floor has a C20 shop front incorporating a passage opening to the right. The first and second floor windows have 2-over-2 rectangular windows set within pointed arched moulded surrounds incorporating circular floral and leaf motifs. Third floor windows are similar, set within surrounds incorporating chevron decoration to the lintels. South Elevation: at the right, part of a two-centred arch of two chamfered orders, infilled with small squared sandstone and an inserted C13 lancet window, also blocked. Immediately to the left is a pier with a moulded octagonal capital displaying a ring moulding at the neck and a deep hollow to the abacus. Left of this there is part of the right side of a second arch of identical form; this is also blocked and has a later passage opening supporting the upper floors of the house above. INTERIOR: North Elevation: the northern face of the eastern half of the arch and the apex is exposed within a staircase which rises above the old church passage. HISTORY: This medieval church was the parish church of Hexham in the Middle Ages. It was constructed in the C13 and was the successor of an earlier, Saxon, church possibly on the same site, built by Bishop Wilfred. The date of the abandonment of St Mary's is unclear; a reference in 1634 suggests that at that time it was already a roofless shell and it was probably abandoned after the Reormation c1540 when the former abbey church became available. After it fell into decay, parts of the church, including the nave's north arcade, became incorporated into a number of houses lining the market place. SOURCES: N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northumberland 2nd edition (1992), 327-9 P F Ryder, 'Nos 11-13 Market Place (Stafford's Fruiterers), Hexham: a provisional archaeological assessment', unpublished (2000) P F Ryder, 'St Mary's Church, Hexham, Parts 1 & 2', unpublished (2001) REASONS FOR DESIGNATION This mid-C19 townhouse incorporating important remains of the C13 St Mary's Church is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest - the survival of church fabric is significant for its early date, artistic quality and the archaeological evidence it provides for the presence of different phases. * Date - it represents important architectural elements of an early C13 parish church, other upstanding parts of which are already designated. * Design - the gothic nature of the later townhouse is an interesting reflection of the C13 gothic contained within. * Group value - the market place setting occupies a site of great antiquity and the remains of the church have strong group value as part of an important group of listed buildings clustered around Hexham's historic market place, with the priory church of st Andrew forming the west side.		2010-11-11	2010-11-11
1396370	Rampart House	1396370	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.004177 55.772251,-2.004082 55.772130,-2.003998 55.772151,-2.004050 55.772218,-2.004032 55.772222,-2.004046 55.772240,-2.004065 55.772235,-2.004092 55.772270,-2.004177 55.772251)))	Alternatively known as Rampart House, College Place (Off). A large townhouse in a prominent position constructed shortly after 1799 with mid-late additions. MATERIALS: This building is of painted incised render with a painted plinth and dressings. The roof is of Welsh slate with stone gable copings and yellow brick chimneys. PLAN: It is rectangular in plan, aligned north-south. EXTERIOR: The property is of three stories and cut into the slope so that access from the east is to the first floor and from the west and south at ground floor level. The southern bay, a later addition, is divided from the c.1799 section by a line of stone stone gable coping and a chimney. The east, main facade is of four bays with side steps up to a platform in front of the main entrance in the third bay, enclosed in a C20 porch set within a C19 wrought iron stair balustrade. There is a wood-plank door with strap hinges to the south face of the external stair. Windows to the top two floors are four-pane sashes in raised stone surrounds, while the ground floor has two small C20 windows to the south of the stair. The west, garden front has a mixture of four- and two-pane sashes set irregularly; the first floor of the original section is blind. At ground floor level there is a modern door to the centre of this section, giving access to a self-contained flat. The south gable has a late C19 six-panel door and a small window to the second floor, while the north gable end facing the Ramparts is blind. INTERIOR: The first floor of the c.1799 section is accessed via the porch entrance to the east or the service range to the south. Directly opposite the main entrance there is a closed string, straight-flight stair with a room to either side. Both rooms have mid-C19 high quality marble fire surrounds with later inserts; the room to the south has a C20 gas fire, while that to the north has an art Nouveau, late C19 grate. Both rooms retain their window shutters, picture rails, skirting and architraves. Doors to this floor are four-panel, save for a wood-plank cupboard door to the south room and a late C19 six-panel external door to the porch. The second floor has a corridor running along the west side of the building and a room on either side of the stair; the northern bedroom spans the depth of the property. Window shutters, skirting and architraves survive to both rooms and the corridor. The wood fire surround and grate to the north room is mid-C19, while the surround to the south appears to be a c.1799 survival retaining the supply for a gas fitting to the mantel, with a mid-C19 grate. All doors are four-panel aside from a wood-plank cupboard door with strap hinges to the north room. The south end of the corridor has been knocked through into the later range. This section houses small ancillary rooms plus a separate WC and bathroom with roll top bath, both retaining their wainscoting. All doors are four panel and the supply for a gas fitting to the landing remains in situ. The ground floor of the c.1799 section currently houses a self-contained flat. Some late C19 doors and architraves survive, however the area has been largely modernised, with a kitchen and bathroom inserted. Any original fireplaces have been removed, while structural beams have been exposed by the current owner. The ground floor of the south bay retains a late C19 range to the north wall and a winder stair leading to the first floor with stick balusters to the south east. A former storage room/larger with later kitchen cupboards is housed under the stair. The first floor landing has a room off to the west with a four-panel door and an Art Nouveau-style fireplace. The original section of the house is accessed via an inserted opening which appears to have been knocked through the former cupboard to the main room. A supply for a gas fitting survives above the opening to the landing. Roof timbers to the original section of the building are a mixture of hewn and sawn, suggesting some later repair. HISTORY: This building was constructed shortly after 1799, the site having been referred to as a garden on deeds of this date. It is clearly depicted on John Wood's map of 1822. It was built as a symmetrical, three bay house with a later bay added to the south. It is thought this ectension was constructed in the mid C19 and received a later upgrade of fittings in the late C19 judging by its Art Nouveau detailing, however the map evidence is not clear and there is a possibility it may have been added in the late C19. An additional projection to the south was demolished some time after the 1932 OS map; this is likely to have been a lean-to outbuilding or similar. At some point after the 1924 OS map an entrance porch was added to the east, atop the earlier external stair. The current owner bought the property in 1989 and since this time has updated the original section of the ground floor for letting purposes. The function of this ground floor was superseded by the addition of the service range to the south. SOURCES: McCombie, G. Survey of Berwick upon Tweed. Unpublished Buildings Report for Northumberland County Council (2003) Fuller's Map of 1799 held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office John Wood's map of 1822 held at Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Rampart House, a house of c.1799 with mid-late C19 upgrading, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Date: the c,1799 portion of this building remains distinct, with an intact original internal arrangement. * Development: the evolution of the property is clearly readable both internally and externally, with the increase in status during the C19 reflected in the fabric of the building through distinct phases. * Period features: the property retains a good proportion of original fixtures and fittings for a property of this early date, as well as high quality later additions.		2010-11-25	2010-11-25
1396399	Former Rocket House	1396399	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.499364 55.125061,-1.499299 55.125001,-1.499200 55.125037,-1.499265 55.125096,-1.499364 55.125061)))	Rocket house and look-out, later C19 MATERIALS: rubble sandstone with ashlar and red-brick dressings and a slate roof. PLAN: rectangular building with rocket shed on ground floor and first floor look-out over the North Sea EXTERIOR: this is a tall, square two-storey building with a pitched roof and the lower courses of a rear gable chimney stack; a metal flue pierces the roof at the eastern corner. Main (west) elevation facing Bath Terrace is rendered and has an arched cart entrance on the ground floor with original double wooden doors and a stone surround, and a pair of tall rectangular first floor openings. The right return has two ground floor windows and a single, centrally placed, first floor window; the left return has a first floor doorway formerly reached by an external stone stairway, now removed, and a single ground floor opening. The rear (east) elevation has a large first floor window opening and a single inserted ground floor opening. All openings (except those on the rear elevation) have red brick surrounds and flat arches and windows have projecting stone sills. INTERIOR: the ground floor is divided by a stone wall into two compartments; the narrower right room is entered through an original opening and has an inserted later dividing wall. The large left compartment which housed the cart containing the rescue equipment, has the remains of a small heath and flue in one corner and a timber ladder stair giving access to the upper floor through a plank and batten door. The first floor is a large open space, boarded to dado level, with the remains of a stove in one corner and a cupboard above the stair. Windows are boarded, but that on the north east side overlooking the North Sea is large and has a timber window frame; this is considered to have functioned as a lookout. The first floor doorway has an original door with bolts and coat hooks attached. Original gas light fixtures are present in the ceiling which were superseded by a later electricity supply. The ceiling is of unpainted timber boarding. HISTORY: map evidence indicates that this building was constructed between c.1860 and c.1897. Around 500 Volunteer Life Brigades were established around the coast of the British lsles in the second half of the C19. Their role was to assist the coast guard in saving lives from shipwreck on the foreshore by means of a rocket apparatus and Breeches buoy. Facilities often comprised a watch house, a shelter for the volunteers and storage, usually in the form of a shed, for the rocket apparatus. They supplemented the work of the lifeboats which saved life at sea. The first to be established anywhere in the country was that at Tynemouth in 1865 following public concern over the loss of life from a ship wrecked in the mouth of the river the previous year. Elsewhere in the north east, Cullercoats was established in 1865 while South Shields followed a year later, Seaton Sluice in 1876 and Sunderland in 1877. Only those at Sunderland, South Shields and Tynemouth remain in use, working as Auxiliary Coast Guards. lt is thought that the rocket house played a role in the rescue of a Norwegian bark called the Haabet which had run aground at Cambois, near Blyth during the Great Storm of 1901. In total fifteen ships were wrecked on the Northumberland coast and forty four lives were lost during the Storm. SOURCES Smith, J , Coastguard Stations (English Heritage, unpublished report, 2009) Tolan-Smith C, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment (NERCZA), (unpublished report for ARS Ltd, 2008)147-8 www.engIish-heritage.org.uk/pubIications/nercza-final-report-text/Accessed on 15 September 2010 www.tomorrowshistory.com/projects/PD0100010001/Great%20Storm%20index.htm accessed on 15 September 2010 REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: This volunteer life brigade rocket house dating from the second half of the C19 is recommended for designation for the following principal reasons: * Group Value: it has group value with the Grade l llisted Blyth Highlight, forming an important pair of sea control and rescue features. * Historic lnterest: as an example of the important Victorian approach to safety at sea which established Volunteer Life Brigades around the coast of England. * Intactness: a largely intact example of a simple rocket house and look-out. * Rarity: despite having been built in their hundreds around the coast, rocket houses are rare survivals nationally and only a handful of listed examples are known.		2011-01-06	2011-01-06
1396572	Ice House	1396572	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.006555 55.769325,-2.006496 55.769325,-2.006496 55.769361,-2.006555 55.769361,-2.006555 55.769325)))	Bank Hill (south-east off) Ice House Grade II An ice house of c.1796 constructed for the fishing industry. MATERIALS: Sandstone and brick under earth. PLAN: The ice house is entered via the path to the south-east of Bank Hill, with its entrance tunnel leading north-east. EXTERIOR: This ice house is built into the hillside with a covering of earth acting as an insulating layer. Tapered retaining walls of coursed sandstone with ashlar copings flank the wide approach to the entrance arch with large voussoirs; a modern iron gate has been inserted here. INTERIOR: The entrance tunnel with barrel vaulted sandstone roof and sandstone rubble walls leads directly to the main chamber; this is 11m long and 7.4m wide with a barrel vaulted roof 7.6m high. Although the tunnel indicates there were at least two doorways, there is currently no surviving evidence of the placement of further doors, which would have acted as an insultating airlock. There are, however, five simple metal hooks on the far end of the tunnel to the right, where bags of straw would have been hung. The floor is understood to be cobbled throughout, although the majority was covered with silt at the time of inspection. There is a doorway on either end of the main chamber near the ceiling, however, shadowing is all that remains of the staircases that once led to them.There are small brick partitions projecting from the end wall, presumably relating to its later use as a cellar. HISTORY: For the majority of the C18 salmon was transported from Berwick either pickled or boiled. However, in 1788 the continental practice of shipping fresh fish in ice was adopted. In order to maintain stocks of ice throughout the salmon season (late-summer), a number of ice houses were constructed within the town. Ice was collected from shallow places on the River Tweed and from specially flooded pools (known locally as the 'Stanks') during the winter. In particularly mild years the trace was considered valuable enough to necessitate the importation of ice from Scandinavia and sometimes as far afield as America. This brought new riches to Berwick's already wealthy salmon traders, as fresh fish brought a much higher price than that of pickled or salted. The ice house on Bank Hill was constructed c.1796. After ice ceased to be used commercially I the salmon trade it was linked by new doorways and stairs to the properties standing above it for use as basements. It was designated as an air raid shelter during World War II and was later used for storage. It is currently cared for by the Berwick Preservation Trust. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The ice house on Bank Hill, Berwick, constructed c.1796, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Date: this is a relatively early example of an ice house constructed for the fishing industry. * Intactness: it is a relatively intact pre-1840 structure. * Historic interest: its commercial scale and shape clearly demonstrates its links to the nationally significant north-east fishing industry.		2011-02-22	2011-02-22
1396573	Stocksfield War Memorial	1396573	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.911352 54.948387,-1.911185 54.948453,-1.911236 54.948471,-1.911279 54.948473,-1.911317 54.948465,-1.911359 54.948432,-1.911352 54.948387)))	Stocksfield War Memorial, A695. First World War Memorial with Second World War additions, 1921, Granite. DESCRIPTION: This war memorial is located on the main road through the village and adjacent to the village school. It takes the form of a Celtic cross on a squat tapering plinth upon a stepped base. The inscription on a bronze plaque attached to the stepped base reads: / 1914 OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1918 / A replacement second bronze plaque on the front face of the plinth records the forty names of the First World War fallen and a small bronze plaque at the base of the cross shaft records the elven fallen of the Second World War. The memorial sits at the centre of a semi-circular, paved garden bounded by low stone walls, pierced by three entrances. HISTORY: This war memorial was built by public subscription on a site given by Lord Allendale. It was dedicated in February 1921 by Viscountess Allendale and rededicated in November 1946 once the fallen of the Second World War had been added. The memorial records the loss of two brothers, John Gordon Steel and Robert Kingsley Steel who were killed almost two years apart, and William Batey Tiffin, holder of the military medal, the decoration given to members of the army below commissioned rank for bravery. In 2008, the plaque recording the fallen of the First World War was stolen and has been replaced. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Stocksfield war memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Commemorative: it forms a poignant reminder of the effects of tragic world events on this community * Historic Interest: it has strong cultural and historical significancewithin both a local and national context * Design: it is a well executed war memorial that contributes to the local street scene.		2011-02-22	2011-02-22
1398099	Former Presbyterian Chapel At Ancroft Northmoor, B6354	1398099	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.060444 55.703769,-2.060678 55.703801,-2.060720 55.703705,-2.060483 55.703672,-2.060444 55.703769)))	ANCROFT B6354 NT 94 NE (East side) 6/10 Former Presbyterian Chapel at Ancroft Northmoor Grade II English Presbyterian Chapel now used for storage. 1815. Random rubble with dressings; Welsh slate roof. 3 bays. Arched windows with intersecting glazing bars. On left return 2 doorways with arched fanlights and intersecting glazing bars. On right return a larger arched window with wooden Y-tracery and intersecting glazing bars in each light. Above a shaped, moulded panel inscribed ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN CHAPEL ERECTED 1815. In the gable a quatrefoil. Gabled roof with obelisk finial at each corner.		2004-06-28	1988-02-11	2004-06-28
1405086	Cellars Beneath 10-14 (Even) Silver Street	1405086	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.002139 55.767785,-2.002234 55.767654,-2.002083 55.767614,-2.002043 55.767670,-2.001668 55.767583,-2.001606 55.767664,-2.001840 55.767721,-2.002139 55.767785)))	Summary of Building. Cellar, formerly used as a bonded store, built circa 1702 and extended 1781. Reasons for Designation The cellar beneath 10, 12 and 14 Silver Street is designated at grade II for the following principal reasons: * Date: the main part of the cellar is considered to be early C18 because of the form of the building directly above (identified as the Haggerston's town house rebuilt by 1702), with the entrance and barrel vaulted extension to the east probably dating to 1781 (the date inscribed above the entrance) * Construction: the cellar preserves good examples of two types of C18 cellar construction: a pair of barrel vaults alongside an extensive area of groin vaults * Rarity: a relatively rare example of an C18 bonded store History The medieval name of Silver Street was Hidegate and on its south side there was an Austin Friary which had already been disbanded by the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the late 1530s. The site was reused for the town house of the Haggerston family which was burnt down in 1687, but rebuilt by 1702. By 1757 this house was described as being almost ruinous (Cowe 1984) and by the late C18 it had become part of a brewery. It has been speculated that the cellar beneath 10, 12 and 14 Silver Street is a surviving part of the medieval friary (Walker, 1991) however this is unlikely because brick was not generally used in Berwick until the early C18. Instead, the main part of the cellar (that with the groined vaulting and lying beneath 10-12 Silver Street) is considered to have been constructed as part of the Haggerston townhouse rebuilt by 1702. The building above is the much altered early C18 townhouse. The main entrance to the cellar carries a 1781 date stone which is thought to relate to the new use of the site as a brewery, the conversion of the cellar into a bonded store and its extension with the addition of the two barrel vaults to the east (lying below 14 Silver Street). The brewery (Border Brewery) was first named on the 1852 Ordnance Survey 1:528 town plan with production continuing into the C20. During the Second World War the cellar was modified for use as an air raid shelter. After the war, the site became a bottling plant and then converted in the late 1950s into a car showroom and garage, with the cellars thought to have been largely disused. Details Cellar, former bonded store, circa 1702 extended 1781. Stone piers, brick vaults. Groined brick vaults supported on a single, centre line of seven stone piers extending beneath the western ten bays of 10 and 12 Silver Street (that part of the building with nearly square windows) and with a return extending southwards for nearly 10m supported by a further two piers. The cellar is extended to the east (extending beneath 14 Silver Street) with a pair of barrel vaulted rooms that are partitioned off from the rest and fitted out with shelves to form bottle bins. The northern room is interpreted as a former secure spirit store, the southern as a wine store. The cellar is entered via a short, arched passage which has an inscribed date stone G P 1781. Access to the passage was originally via a ramp to the south (as depicted on Ordnance Survey maps), but this was filled-in in the 1950s and replaced by a flight of concrete steps (these steps are not of special interest). The cellar floor is flagged and incorporates drainage gullies. It also retains evidence of a tramway entering the doorway as well as the later insertion of masonry partition walls, interpreted as air raid shelter blast walls, which have since been removed. The vaults have projecting keystones, some of which are pierced with circular holes of unknown purpose (possibly either drainage from above or ventilation). The western end walls have a couple of high level openings with ceramic drain pipes entering from above. These drains have timber bungs attached to chains, again for an unknown purpose. There is also an inserted emergency exit (thought to have been part of the conversion to an air raid shelter). There is also evidence of another, earlier doorway which presumably provided direct access from Silver Street, as well as a removed newel stair to the building above. In addition there are at least two blocked former light wells. The building above the cellar is not included in the listing. Selected Sources Book Reference - Author: Cowe, F - Title: Berwick upon Tweed - Date: 1984 - Page References: 28 Unpublished Title Reference - Author: Hulka, K - Title: Historic Building Report: Former Blackburn and Price Garage, Silver Street, Berwick - Date: 2010 - Type: Typescript report for Lindisfarne Homes Ltd submitted to Northumberland County Council - Source: pdf attached to case Book Reference - Author: L Pearson - Title: British Breweries: an architectural history - Date: 1999 - Page References: 29 Book Reference - Author: J Walker - Title: Secret Berwick - Date: 1991		2011-12-06	2011-12-06
1405597	Former Toll House, 2, Castle Terrace	1405597	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.011395 55.775579,-2.011419 55.775564,-2.011313 55.775512,-2.011319 55.775507,-2.011315 55.775500,-2.011294 55.775489,-2.011277 55.775495,-2.011262 55.775487,-2.011223 55.775513,-2.011208 55.775506,-2.011182 55.775523,-2.011197 55.775530,-2.011161 55.775554,-2.011190 55.775582,-2.011210 55.775578,-2.011236 55.775591,-2.011288 55.775557,-2.011326 55.775552,-2.011389 55.775583,-2.011395 55.775579)))	Summary of Building. A former toll house constructed between 1839 and 1852. Reasons for Designation The former toll house at no. 2 Castle Terrace, mid-C19, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Functional: it demonstrates clear evidence of its original use, with all three working elevations retaining their functional character * Historic: this toll house overlooks three, rather than the more common one or two roads, including the nationally-significant Great North Road * Architectural: its position as a focal point, when combined with a design influenced by polite architecture, provides a certain level of authority which is a good example of its type * Intactness: it is comparable with designated examples of a similar date, with later alterations not affecting the functional character of the property History This building has been suggested as having been constructed in the early-C19 and possibly later moved to this position. A toll house first appears on John Wood's map of 1822 positioned to the south of what is now Castle Bridge, while an example in this position is first depicted on the 1852 Board of Health map. A map of 1839 depicting the planned course of the railway also places the toll in the earlier position. It is likely that the property under assessment was purpose-built rather than moved, as the example on John Wood's map was positioned with its east gable end overlooking the ropery, making a bay window to this elevation redundant. This evidence, along with the style of construction, suggests this toll house dates to the period 1839-1852, possibly coinciding with the construction of the railway station in 1847. This move would have meant paying a toll to access the station facilities from the north, whereas the previous position would not. The building was converted into a residential property during the C20, with an extension to the rear added at some point after 1932. This sits on the footprint of some previously attached ranges, most likely a W.C. and coal shed. It has most probably lost a chimney, as a central stack would be expected in a building of this type. Details MATERIALS: Coursed sandstone with ashlar quoins and a dark slate roof. PLAN: It is L-shaped in plan, overlooking the convergence of three roads, with the front range aligned south-west to north-east. EXTERIOR: The main elevation faces south-east towards Castle Bridge, while the returns to the south-west and north-east have canted bays overlooking Castle Terrace and North Road respectively. It is constructed in coursed sandstone with ashlar quoins and has a half-hipped dark slate roof with a rolled metal ridge. It is of one storey and L-shaped in plan, with a modern range to the rear along Castle Terrace; this later range is not of special interest. The main elevation is of three bays, with quoined large window openings flanking a central gabled porch with chamfered square pillars and half-glazed sides. The two-leaf door sits within a chamfered surround and is glazed to the upper panels. All windows are renewed. INTERIOR: This was not inspected; however it is believed to retain an entrance hall with one room to either side. Selected Sources Book Reference - Author: A, Menuge & Dewar, C. - Title: Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Three Places, Two Nations, One Town - Date: 2009 - Page References: 15 Unpublished Title Reference - Author: McCombie, Grace - Title: Survey of Berwick upon Tweed: Unpublished Buildings Report for Northumberland County Council - Date: 2003 Website Reference - Author: Gillespie, H.R. - Title: the great north road - Date: 22/12/2010 - URL: ://www.thegreatnorthroad.co.uk/main.htm National Grid Reference: NT9939153579		2012-01-31	2012-01-31
1407348	Netherwitton War Memorial	1407348	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.844759 55.205967,-1.844790 55.205983,-1.844822 55.205965,-1.844790 55.205948,-1.844759 55.205967)))	First World War Memorial, unknown date of commission, architect and sponsor. Sandstone. Decorated wheel cross mounted on tapering pedestal, square stepped stone base on two octagonal base steps resting on bed of stones. Celtic inter-lace carving on head and shaft of cross. Front of Pedestal inscribed with 36 names of the fallen from the First World War and the inscription LEST WE FORGET in incised Gothic lettering. Rusticated stone wall to front with coping; ornate gateposts and decorated wrought iron gate. Sources: North East War Memorials Project Ref 34153 A well maintained and well executed First World War memorial situated in a picturesque location which fully deserves to be listed at Grade II.		2005-12-22	2005-12-22
1408139	Walled Garden And Associated Buildings At Chillingham	1408139	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.904726 55.529423,-1.905137 55.529422,-1.905135 55.529406,-1.905173 55.529406,-1.905173 55.529382,-1.905405 55.529379,-1.905405 55.529404,-1.905460 55.529403,-1.905458 55.529377,-1.905596 55.529373,-1.905603 55.529399,-1.905658 55.529395,-1.905655 55.529379,-1.905738 55.529380,-1.905741 55.529413,-1.905985 55.529406,-1.905985 55.529399,-1.906020 55.529398,-1.906018 55.529376,-1.906206 55.529374,-1.906210 55.529390,-1.906244 55.529389,-1.906275 55.529373,-1.906257 55.528425,-1.906241 55.528405,-1.904526 55.528408,-1.904553 55.529390,-1.904725 55.529390,-1.904726 55.529423),(-1.905942 55.529376,-1.905942 55.529369,-1.905670 55.529369,-1.905666 55.529328,-1.905216 55.529343,-1.905218 55.529371,-1.905173 55.529372,-1.905174 55.529257,-1.905085 55.529258,-1.905085 55.529355,-1.905055 55.529355,-1.905055 55.529258,-1.904974 55.529258,-1.904974 55.529356,-1.904944 55.529356,-1.904944 55.529258,-1.904851 55.529259,-1.904850 55.529356,-1.904826 55.529357,-1.904827 55.529262,-1.904746 55.529262,-1.904746 55.529358,-1.904720 55.529358,-1.904721 55.529262,-1.904638 55.529263,-1.904640 55.529358,-1.904610 55.529358,-1.904607 55.529261,-1.904567 55.529262,-1.904553 55.528749,-1.905454 55.528732,-1.906241 55.528728,-1.906250 55.529320,-1.905736 55.529328,-1.905735 55.529354,-1.905944 55.529352,-1.905944 55.529376,-1.905894 55.529377,-1.905942 55.529376),(-1.904653 55.528734,-1.904553 55.528739,-1.904545 55.528428,-1.906221 55.528421,-1.906237 55.528432,-1.906241 55.528717,-1.906143 55.528715,-1.906141 55.528696,-1.905452 55.528706,-1.905453 55.528723,-1.905390 55.528725,-1.905389 55.528708,-1.904652 55.528718,-1.904653 55.528734)))	Walled garden, late C18/early C19, part of Chillingham estate and within Registered Park. Hand made brick in English Garden Wall Bond with dressed sandstone south wall, sandstone copings and ashlar gate piers. Roughly square plan, aligned north south and divided east to west into two unequal rectangles, with greenhouses against south side of each north wall and ancillary buildings on north side of northernmost wall. Main access gate central to south wall, having ashlar pillars with chamfered plinths and shallow pyramidal tops and gate of cast iron with arrow-head finials. Exterior of south wall faced in dressed sandstone; remaining walls of brick, with sandstone copings. South wall is lower than the others, which are up to 5 metres high, with brick buttresses at regular intervals. Central dividing wall has a monumental central entrance in ashlar with high semi-circular arched head, plain projecting rectangular surround and heavy unadorned cornice. Vertical boarded wooden door. Further openings near northern and southern ends of west wall and one in east wall. Greenhouses along entire south side of central wall with monopitch roofs: glazing largely destroyed but timber structure fairly complete including wooden gutters, metal plate on one door reading W RICHARDSON & CO DARLINGTON. Series of moulded clay, cream, square chimneys along wall, some in pairs, associated with internal heating system. On south side of outer north wall, further greenhouses in similar buildings of dressed sandstone with monopitch slate or corrugated iron roofs, some partially collapsed. Discernable functions include boiler house with boiler and pipework intact, midden for manure, tool sheds, plant preparation areas and potting sheds. Towards the southern end of the east wall is a late C20 cottage built into the garden wall. One window and a door breach the wall, and a small strip of the garden adjacent is in the ownership of the cottage. The cottage itself, apart from its rear wall, is not of special interest.		2004-12-14	2004-12-14
1408998	Rothbury War Memorial	1408998	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.911679 55.309656,-1.911724 55.309650,-1.911718 55.309637,-1.911672 55.309643,-1.911679 55.309656)))	First World War Memorial Fountain, 1923 by Reavell and Tebbs. Sandstone and bronze. Square stone pedestal surmounted by stone cross on a stepped plinth with a bronze sword affixed to cross. Pedestal contains names on front and rear with inscription on third side. Inscription on front reads TO THE MEMORYOF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES) Inscription on rear reads TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES) KOREA 1952/ (NAME). Inscription on side reads THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT/ ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS/ CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Pedestal plinths inscribed with dates of the three conflicts. Stone water troughs at base of pedestal to front and rear. Sources: North East War Memorials Project (Ref 33885) This well maintained and well executed war memorial is simple but striking and evinces strong local ties with the names of the fallen from two World Wars and the Korean War.		2005-12-22	2005-12-22
1410505	Customs Watch House	1410505	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.003943 55.765673,-2.004060 55.765659,-2.004032 55.765597,-2.003916 55.765613,-2.003943 55.765673)))	Customs Watch House, The Quayside, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland Grade: II Summary of Building A later C18 or early C19 customs watch house associated with a group of Contemporary listed buildings including the Grade I listed Customs House. Reasons for Designation This later C18 or early C19 customs watch house is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: ? Historic: as a relatively intact maritime building which represents later C18 attempts at combating smuggling and enforcing custom regulation ? Rarity: it is one of a very small number of customs watch houses remaining around the shores of England ? Group value: it is part of a wider group of contemporary Berwick river front buildings including the Grade I listed Customs House. ? Architectural: although a modest building, it retains the key characteristics of its type, and its original function is highly readable. History This building is considered to be of later C18 or early C19 in date, and is depicted on the 1850 tithe map, where it forms the southern section of a long, rectangular range aligned roughly north-south. It is also present on the 1852 Board of Health map situated opposite two slipways, subsequently removed, and on the 1898 Ordnance Survey map. Other single storey buildings had been added to the east elevation by the latter date, also visible on historic photographs and as building lines on the masonry today. These buildings were demolished in the mid or later C20, leaving only the present building standing. Although the applicant describes the building as a coastguard watch tower, a Land Registry map dated 1901 describes it as a Customs Watch House, part of a wider Customs complex which also includes a Customs Boathouse attached to the east side. The building?s location immediately at the mouth of the Tweed Estuary is an ideal situation for such a building. The Navigation Acts (1650-1697) sought to protect national commerce, and after 1651 required imports to be carried by English-owned ships or ships owned by the nation of origin of the cargo. One of the Acts also required that all European goods bound for America or other colonies must be shipped through England first and duties imposed; imports of certain type including sugar, indigo, rice and molasses also had to be landed and tax paid before the vessels could continue their way to other countries. From the late C18 custom regulation was enforced by ships operated by the Customs Service. The effects of this can be recognised in the operation of the Berwick Customs House which saw an increase in custom revenue from #1000 in 1728 to #6000 in 1798, and in 1799 the Customs House (listed Grade I) employed thirty one people including six `tide waiters? and twelve `coast waiters and preventative officers along the coast'. This provides the context for the construction of the Berwick Customs Watch House. The Navigation Acts were repealed in the mid C19. The applicant also states that the building is known as The Mortuary, which suggests that the building may have more recently served as a mortuary for washed up bodies similar to the example on the beach at Saltburn. Details Materials: squared and rubble red sandstone with quoins; slate roof covering, and some later red-brick infill. Plan: square, with a main entrance giving direct entry to a stair, with a room off to the right on the ground and first floor. Exterior: a two-storey, two-bay, building under a pavilion roof with a substantial chimney stack to the east.The main (west) elevation has a tall narrow entrance at the left with window openings at ground and first floor level to the right; these have slightly projecting stone sills and were originally taller, now partially infilled with brick. It is thought that the windows were originally shuttered, and a metal fastening to the left of the ground floor window is a remnant of this. Windows on this elevation give views across the Tweed Estuary. The south elevation facing seaward, has similar openings but they are centrally placed and also partially infilled. A metal fixing, probably to house a flag pole is fitted at the left end of this elevation. The north elevation has a small, high window opening to the right probably lighting the stair, and a wide ground floor opening to the left, giving access to the former adjacent single storey range. The east, landward facing elevation, is blind except for an inserted opening low down. All openings are boarded over. Interior: inspection not possible. Selected Sources S Linsley, Ports and Harbours of Northumberland, 2005, 23-45		2012-09-07	2012-09-07
1413239	The Smithy	1413239	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.650970 55.151527,-1.650926 55.151511,-1.650917 55.151518,-1.650884 55.151503,-1.650834 55.151542,-1.651042 55.151631,-1.651094 55.151592,-1.651034 55.151566,-1.651041 55.151554,-1.650970 55.151527)))	Smithy or forge and attached stable. 1711, with minor C20 alterations. Coursed stone with pantile roofs and raised coped gables. Single storey. South-west front has slightly higher forge to right with single plank door and to right a single 2-light window with original glazing and external plank shutter. Slightly lower stable to left has late-twentieth century double plank doors and on the left return gable wall a single plank door. INTERIOR of the smithy retains a brick arched forge on gable wall - though with external chimney stack removed. Large bellows still survives at side of hearth. Roof has single central pine collar truss, and original front purlins.		2003-09-29	2003-09-29
1415535	Holy Cross Church	1415535	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.910318 55.547707,-1.911187 55.547601,-1.911115 55.547262,-1.911094 55.547233,-1.911043 55.547228,-1.910777 55.546910,-1.909889 55.547020,-1.909968 55.547191,-1.910151 55.547519,-1.910318 55.547707),(-1.911033 55.547236,-1.911084 55.547240,-1.911102 55.547271,-1.911169 55.547593,-1.910630 55.547665,-1.910330 55.547696,-1.910161 55.547512,-1.910011 55.547238,-1.909907 55.547028,-1.910770 55.546920,-1.911033 55.547236)),((-1.910721 55.547411,-1.911099 55.547368,-1.911063 55.547268,-1.911008 55.547274,-1.911000 55.547251,-1.910674 55.547285,-1.910677 55.547294,-1.910556 55.547307,-1.910577 55.547371,-1.910648 55.547363,-1.910660 55.547398,-1.910715 55.547392,-1.910721 55.547411)))	Holy Cross Church was constructed between 1763 and 1770 to replace a ruined C13 church on the same site. In 1846 Anthony Salvin, then architect to the Duke of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, added a north aisle. The stained glass of the east window and south chancel was inserted in 1851 by the well-respected and successful regional stained glass artist William Wailes. In 1895, the reredos by Arthur Moore was presented by the Culley family. In 1897, the Diamond Jubilee year of Queen Victoria, the south nave windows were replaced, a saddleback roof was added to the tower, a small window in the tower was re-glazed, a bell was added to the north exterior of the tower and part of the north aisle was enclosed to form a baptistery. Subsequent additions have included a vestry to the north of the tower, early to mid C20 riddel posts to the High Altar and a clock to the tower in 1901. The organ by G. M Holditch of London (1816-96) installed in Salvin's 1846 north aisle, is believed to have come from an Oxford University College. As his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB) makes clear, Anthony Salvin was a much respected architect and seen as an expert on medieval buildings. His commissions were many and varied including Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, and in all he designed 34 new churches, the latter drawing on his medieval expertise. Many commissions related to the restoration of castles and Churches including Windsor and Alnwick Castles and Norwich Cathedral. By the end of his career, he was held in high regard, although his approach of removing earlier work rather than retaining it, has been questioned subsequently. He has dozens of listed buildings to his name, many in the higher grades. The church is associated with the Culley family of nearby Fowberry Tower; Matthew (1731-1804) and George (1735-1813) are entered in the ODNB and contributed to the English C18 agricultural revolution by improving methods of soil cultivation and stock breeding, especially of sheep. In 1767 George purchased the nearby Fowberry Estate as his family farm where they began to practise improved agricultural techniques. George Culley became a respected agricultural author with work including the reports to the board of agriculture for Northumberland and Cumberland, co-authored with John Bailey. Neither brother is commemorated in the church although some of their descendents are commemorated in memorials, stained glass and gifts of fittings. Details MATERIALS: squared and dressed local sandstone laid in regular courses with a plinth; stonework to the later north aisle is undressed and less regularly coursed. There are ashlar dressings, and roofs are of graduated Welsh slate. Windows have mostly stained glass, with the exception of the two in the north aisle. PLAN: Set at the west side of a roughly rectangular churchyard with west end facing the road. Four-bay nave with north aisle and west tower, with vestry attached to north side; narrower two-bay chancel with boiler room attached to the north side. EXTERIOR: all gables have moulded kneelers supporting copings with trefoil-carved ends, and all buttresses are angled and stepped with carved quatrefoils to their upper parts. All windows have hoodmoulds, mostly with simple mason stops. The south wall of the chancel has a pair of narrow, rectangular windows with ogee heads. The south wall of the nave has angle buttresses, and three windows in Decorated style; a lancet lights the fourth bay. The buttressed west tower facing the road has a saddleback roof and comprises three stages; the ground floor has a pointed-arch main entrance fitted with studded double wooden doors and a window in the form of a Greek cross with splayed ends to the south wall; the second stage has paired louvered lancet openings, and a bell is affixed to the north face, and the third stage has a pointed-arched opening with louvered plate tracery and carved kneelers. A single storey vestry is attached to the north wall of the tower; this has a gabled bay with paired pointed arched windows, quatrefoil above and a shoulder-arched door to the left. The east end of the nave has a convex-sided triangular window with trefoil tracery at its apex, and a large Decorated east window with hoodmould and carved head stops; there is a stone cross finial at the apex. The north wall of the chancel is blind and has a partly subterranean boiler house attached, and the north elevation of the nave has rectangular windows comprising triple lancets with multi-foil heads; there is a single chimney stack to the west end and a stone cross finial to the east end. INTERIOR: The pointed chancel arch springs from clustered columns, and has a hoodmould with carved head stops. The Sanctuary has half oak panelled walls incorporating a top frieze of floral and foliate bosses, with plainly painted walls above. It has a terrazzo floor and a timber vaulted ceiling, and is top-lit by a line of rectangular clerestory windows. The stained glass of the east window is by William Wailes and depicts Christ flanked by St Joan and St Peter. The oak reredos is intricately carved with foliated pinnacles and there are riddel posts surmounted by carved angels to either side of the altar, and a carved altar rail to the front. The nave walls are of exposed stonework, with a stone floor and vaulted timber ceiling, and it is top-lit by rectangular clerestory windows. To the right of the chancel arch is a carved oak pulpit set on a stone plinth formed of C18 tombstones. To the left of the arch there are a pair of oak choir stalls with carved ends. The body of the nave is filled with plain benches with shaped ends. The west wall is pierced by a large pointed arch fitted with geometric double timber and glass doors with sidelights, leading into the ground floor of the tower. The scar of a former roof line is visible in the upper part as is a blocked opening. The north aisle with a scissor-braced roof is separated from the nave by a pointed-arch arcade carried on octagonal columns and capitols. The westernmost bay houses a baptistery entered through a carved oak screen with intricately carved half doors; the floor comprises a number of medieval cross slabs and C17 and C18 tombstones; a carved stone font is set upon an inserted stone platform. The bay to the right houses the very large organ with the inscription `Te Deum Laudamus? across its front with gothic timber screens to three sides. Affixed to the walls are several memorials and plaques including one in the form of a draped urn to George Culley (d 1849), and the lancet window in the south nave wall has a stained glass depiction of St George as a memorial to another descendant of the Culley family. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the churchyard is surrounded on three sides by a simple drystone wall; on the west side, the wall is of dressed blocks with stone copings and stepped upslope to the left. The main entrance to the main west door is flanked by rectangular gate piers surmounted by carved caps incorporating a trefoil decoration, and there is a narrower entrance to the churchyard to the right; both openings are fitted with wooden gates.		2013-06-28	2013-06-28
1420286	Alnmouth War Memorial	1420286	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.612947 55.390196,-1.612920 55.390186,-1.612856 55.390183,-1.612813 55.390191,-1.612779 55.390214,-1.612861 55.390224,-1.612916 55.390218,-1.612947 55.390196)))	Alnmouth War Memorial, On mini-roundabout at junction of Northumberland Street and B1338, Alnmouth. Summary of Building: First World War Memorial with Second World War additions including civilian casualties, 1921, designed by Hicks and Charlwood and built by Carse and sons of Amble. Reasons for Designation: Alnmouth war memorial is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: it is an attractive, well-detailed and well-executed war memorial incorporating a former gas lantern. History: This memorial was commissioned by The Alnmouth Victory Fund and was constructed and funded by the Alnmouth Welcome Home Fund including the British Legion and Public subscription at a cost of #400. It was unveiled on 24 July 1921 by Brig. Gen. B. F. Widdrington, MG, DSO of Newton Hall and was dedicated by Rev. R. W Bell of Darlington. The memorial was re-dedicated on 8 May 1949 by Rev. T Hindmarsh and unveiled by the Duchess of Northumberland; at this time the three bronze plaques were added to replace the original inscription and record of the Fallen of the First World War. Originally sited a little to the west of its present location, the memorial was re-sited to occupy part of a newly created mini-roundabout, but its form is understood to be unchanged. In 2013 the hardstanding and surrounding bollards were re-furbished and partially replaced. Details: First World War Memorial with Second World War additions including civilian casualties, 1921, designed by Hicks and Charlwood and built by Carse and sons of Amble. MATERIALS: sandstone memorial with an iron and glass lantern and bronze plaques. The memorial is in the form of a gas lantern (now electric) surmounting a tapering pillar set upon a square-set pediment, the whole placed upon a three-stepped base. There is a carved wreath at the base of the pillar. The front and sides of the pedestal bear large bronze plaques; that to the front bears the main inscription and reads. Erected to the honour/ and the ever/ sacred memory of those/ who sacrificed themselves/ to achieve victory in the/ Great War 1914-1918/ and the World War 1939-1945/ See that you conquer by/ living as we conquered/ by dying. The right side carries the 21 names of the Fallen of the First World War listed in alphabetical order by surname followed by forename. The left side carries the ten names of the Fallen of the Second World War, similarly arranged including one casualty who fell in Palestine in 1946. Below are the names of eight civilians, six women and two men, killed on the night of 8th November 1941 when a bomb was dropped on Argyll Street. The memorial occupies part of a traffic island and stands within a raised semi-circular enclosure reached by stone steps. The enclosure is defined by a curving stone wall to the rear terminating in low stone piers with a chain fence carried on four stone bollards to the front. The interior of the enclosure has a stone-flagged base and there are several stone pots. Selected Sources Websites accessed from http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.33323/fromUkniwmSearch/1 North East War Memorials Project, accessed from http://newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6151		2014-10-31	2014-10-31
1430835	Haltwhistle Memorial Cross	1430835	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.462777 54.969718,-2.462723 54.969738,-2.462769 54.969783,-2.462911 54.969740,-2.462866 54.969690,-2.462811 54.969707,-2.462765 54.969664,-2.462734 54.969676,-2.462777 54.969718)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1926, with later additions for the Second World War. Reasons for Designation Haltwhistle War Memorial, situated in front of Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: an elegant, elaborately carved cross. History The original Haltwhistle Memorial Hospital, built at a cost of c?7,000, was opened in August 1922 by Mrs Hope-Wallace. Placed in front of the hospital, to the south, Haltwhistle Memorial Cross was unveiled on 13 November 1926 by Brigadier General EPS Riddell CMG DSO and dedicated by the vicar, Reverend Canon EB Hicks. It was designed by the architectural firm of Messrs Hicks & Charlwood of Newcastle, with carvings by Robert Beall, architectural and monumental sculptor of Newcastle. After the Second World War an inscription was added to the plinth and plaques to the side piers to commemorate those who fell in that conflict. The memorial underwent restoration in 1996. The old Memorial Hospital was demolished in 2010 and a new building, which is not listed, was erected on the same site, opening in 2014. Details Haltwhistle Memorial Cross stands in a garden to the south of the new Haltwhistle Memorial Hospital. Built of Greenlaw stone, c6m tall, the memorial comprises a Greek cross rising from a tapered shaft with a moulded foot, which stands on a tapering, square, plinth. That stands on a three-stepped, square, base. The cross is flanked by two low side walls that finish in short, square, piers. Both faces of the cross bear interlace carvings representing eternity. At the bottom are two leverets representing Belgium. Swooping down are two birds of prey (Germany and Austria). Two rats represent the horrors of war. Squirrels with oak leaves and acorns represent the British Empire. Two owls represent the wisdom of God, and the whole is surmounted by the Dove of Peace. The front face of the plinth bears an inscription that reads IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 ? 1918/ AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 ? 1945. Rectangular bronze plaques on the front face of each end pier list the names of those who fell, arranged by village. Above these plaques are incised inscriptions that read 1914 ? 1918. Rectangular bronze plaques on the front face of the low side walls list further names. Above these plaques are incised inscriptions that read 1939 ? 1945. Each of the four plaques has a raised border of Celtic knots. The memorial is surrounded by paving and a low stone wall. This enclosure is approached from the south by a flight of steps leading up from the garden. Selected Sources Websites Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Archive, accessed 15/06/2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/33967 North East War Memorials Project, Haltwhistle Cross, accessed 15/06/2015 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6376 War Memorials Trust, War Memorials Online, accessed 15/06/2015 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/154918		2015-11-19	2015-11-19
1431014	Roman Catholic Church Of St Cuthbert	1431014	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.538866 55.130236,-1.538912 55.130233,-1.538912 55.130219,-1.538936 55.130215,-1.538936 55.130189,-1.538991 55.130185,-1.538976 55.130004,-1.538917 55.130005,-1.538917 55.129996,-1.538906 55.129996,-1.538757 55.130011,-1.538783 55.130195,-1.538832 55.130194,-1.538839 55.130220,-1.538863 55.130219,-1.538866 55.130236)))	Summary of Building Roman Catholic Church, 1840 by John Dobson, altered 1904 by J Gouldin. Gothic Revival design. The attached presbytery is not of special architectural or historic interest. Reasons for Designation The Roman Catholic church of St Cuthbert of 1840 with later alterations is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: converted from a cow byre in 1840, it represents an early foundation and is a rare illustration of the humble beginnings of many missions; * Fixtures and fittings: the altar rail, pulpit and west screen are high quality Flemish pieces which raise the interest of the building considerably; * Architect: John Dobson was one of the foremost C19 architects, producing c400 works across a range of building types, and as a documented example of his work for the Catholic Church it is of considerable interest; * Alterations: the late-C19 and early-C20 alterations to the nave do not detract from the interest of the original church and indeed have some intrinsic merit; * Historic interest: as the church of the earliest Benedictine mission in the area and its association with the Sidney Family whose patronage of the Catholic faith was so important in the mid C19. History The Sidney Family came to Cowpen Hall in 1804 and Mass was first offered there by a French priest. Mass subsequently moved to Cowpen Grove House and, after this became too small due to the expansion of the Bedlington Iron Works and an influx of Irish immigrants who swelled the Catholic population, Marlow J Sidney converted an old cow byre to be used as the first church at Cowpen. The church became part of a wider Benedictine mission established in 1836, the earliest in the area, patronised by the locally important Sidney family many of whom are also buried in St Cuthbert's churchyard. The church was remodelled in 1840 by John Dobson who added a sanctuary and converted the former byre into a nave; the altar was consecrated on 18 November 1840. John Dobson was the leading architect of his period and the most eminent in the NE of England. He produced c400 works across a range of building types and was a pioneer of the Gothic Revival in the region. He established a substantial ecclesiastical practice, for all denominations, and in this context many of his designs were built to a limited budget in the growing urban and industrial areas of the NE and as such had to be fairly plain and functional. Some of the internal carved oak, including the c1750 Flemish altar rail and pulpit incorporating C16 and c1700 carvings, is thought to have been brought from a demolished church in Holland. Aisles were added later, the west aisle from 1859 to 1860 and the east aisle probably in 1872. Modifications designed by J Goulding were undertaken in 1904, including the erection of the present clerestory, supported by three metal columns to each side, the installation of a plaster chancel arch on corbels and the erection of a new unaisled W bay with a W gallery and porch. In 1969 a sanctuary platform was built when the high altar was brought forward, the 1879 reredos removed and the plaster at the E end removed and substituted with black pointing. The latter revealed a ledge at sill level in the E wall, which might be a feature of the original agricultural building. Details Roman Catholic church, 1840 by John Dobson, altered 1904 by J Goulding. Gothic Revival design. MATERIALS: local, roughly coursed rubble sandstone and Welsh slate roofs. PLAN: the church is oriented N to S but the following directions are liturgical. It has a deep chancel and a four-bay nave, both aisled, with an unaisled W end with a central porch. EXTERIOR: the church is situated on the S side of the main road through Cowpen with the W end facing the road. Roofs to the chancel and nave, both aisles and the porch are pitched. The chancel is deep and rectangular, its N and S sides obscured by the flanking aisles. The E end has a stepped, triple lancet window with a continuous hoodmould and bar stops and is surmounted by a cross finial; the gables of the flanking aisles are blind and that to the right has an inserted pointed-arched window. The nave has four bays, the N aisle with eaves corbels, chamfered buttresses and trefoil-headed lancets (paired in the W bay) and a sill band. The S aisle could not be viewed. The W bays of the nave each have a large plate tracery window. The W end has a central porch, flanked by stepped and gabled buttresses with a cusped cross finial set above a quatrefoil panel. The entrance is a pointed arch of two orders with hoodmould, foliate capitals and stops and contains a double-boarded door. Above the porch is a triple lancet window with trefoil heads, and a gabled belfry. The buttressed gables of the aisles are set back and both have a large plate tracery window, that to the S aisle is larger, and a cross finial in differing styles. INTERIOR: the chancel walls are exposed roughly-coursed rubble re-pointed with black mortar. The E window is a stepped lancet with a shallow ledge at sill level, and stained glass signed `Newcastle 1860? thought to be by Atkinson Brothers. The side walls have pointed arched doorways to the N and S chapels; the N wall also has a crudely carved recess and the S wall a piscine and triple-arched sedilia. There is a central clerestory window to each side of two pointed lights within a square-headed window with timber lintel. The chancel roof is continuous with the nave but there is a boarded timber chancel arch springing from a stone corbel in the form of a praying angel. The chancel chapels have flat, boarded ceilings and a single pointed-arch window. The Lady Chapel (S) has a grotto surrounding a statue of the Virgin on the E wall above a modern altar. The N chapel (used as a sacristy) retains a statue of the Sacred Heart. The wooden altar rail (c1750) has four openwork panels alternating with narrow panels carved with angels or pointed arches, all beneath a moulded rail. The openwork panels depict the first and third Horsemen of the Apocalypse bearing a bow and pair of scales respectively, a pair of tablets with a scroll and a quill (Ten Commandments) and a flying angel. The pulpit is situated to the N end of the altar rail; its stair balustrade has two panels each decorated with a large roundel, one with Marian symbols including the crowned entwined initials MRA (Maria Regina Angelorum) and the other a fluted columnar plinth bearing a sacrificial ram in flames. The ornate pulpit is square and stands upon a short, fluted column and has a back and tester. The two long sides have late-medieval C16 figurative pieces comprising a mitred abbot clothing a novice in the monastic habit with three monks and Christ displaying his wounds flanked by angels. The back has two more roundels and some C17 griffons and a cherub. The two exposed corners have standing figures, a nun and a monk. The four-bay aisled nave has painted, plaster walls, each bay formed by three cast-iron columns (with c1300 detailing) supporting a continuous timber-faced iron girder with a roll-moulded lower edge. The aisle is lit by paired pointed-arch windows with hoodmoulds and bar stops and the nave has clerestory windows similar to those in the chancel. The roof has ornate collar trusses with C17 detailing with chamfered triple purlins and a roof ridge. The wooden W gallery occupies the unaisled bay, and the gallery front comprises ten panels with a frieze below. Below this is a tracery screen of seven bays with a wide, ogee-headed entrance head; the tracery details and decorative work are of early C14 style but the piece is considered to be C19 in origin and re-used. The gallery is reached by a straight leg stair with winder and ornate newel posts and balusters. A pair of wall-mounted brasses commemorate Marlow and Christina Sidney `founders of this church? and Fr Wilfred Burchall; they are considered to be by Hardman of Birmingham. To the rear, the W porch has a tessellated floor incorporating the IHS symbol and a C13-style piscina-like stoup, possibly a Dobson piece re-used. Pursu0001		2016-05-16	2016-05-16
1431015	Roman Catholic Church Of St Wilfrid And Attached Former School Room	1431015	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.462105 54.969281,-2.462147 54.969313,-2.462124 54.969324,-2.462270 54.969440,-2.462429 54.969373,-2.462240 54.969223,-2.462105 54.969281)))	Summary of Building Former Presbyterian Church and attached school room, 1898 to designs by W L Newcombe, now a Catholic Church. Gothic style. Reasons for Designation The Roman Catholic church of St Wilfrid and attached former school room of 1898-99, are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: the church reflects the austerity associated with Presbyterianism but nevertheless has a well-detailed exterior of interest with a three-stage tower and tall continuous clerestory; * Interior: the church retains its Nonconformist character with a largely original plan and a suite of fixtures and fittings including an unusual timber arcade incorporating a false tribune; * Architect: designed by William Lister Newcombe, one of Newcastle's leading architects of the time, who has several listed buildings to his name; * Group value: the church and its attached school room benefit from a functional and proximal group value. History Constructed as a Presbyterian Church, the foundation stone was laid by Alderman Hudspith on 28 July 1898. The architect was William Lister Newcombe FRIBA of Newcastle, and the builder was Isaac Watson. William Newcombe was a respected regional architect who has several listed buildings to his name. The church was opened on 28 June 1899 by the Revd J Christie of Carlisle, and had cost #2,000, including the contemporary schoolroom behind. Leaded glass panels were installed in the doors between the church and school room in 1936, and in 1973 the steeple finials were removed amid concerns that they were unstable. Around 1990 concerns about overcrowding at the then Catholic church in the town led to an agreement with the United Reformed Church (URC) to share their church. The first Catholic Mass was said in the chapel on 3 February 1991, and in July 2010 the building was purchased from the URC for sole use by the Catholic congregation. Subsequent alterations to allow for Catholic worship include the installation of a plain forward altar and lectern and a tabernacle to the wall behind the original pulpit, slight remodelling of the front plaster statues and simple Stations of the Cross. Details Former Presbyterian Church and attached school room, 1898-99 to designs by W L Newcombe, now a Catholic Church. Gothic style. MATERIALS: rock-faced local stone with ashlar dressings and blue slate roof coverings. PLAN: the building is oriented N to S but the following directions are liturgical. The church comprises an aisled nave, with a tower to its SW corner which has the main entrance in its base. To the rear is a rectangular former school room, constructed at right angles. EXTERIOR CHURCH: occupies a corner site with its W end fronting the main street. It has a steeply pitched roof with decorative ridge tiles and finial. The W end of the nave has a central, stepped five-light tracery window set within an arch with solid spandrels as though it were plate tracery. Attached to the left is the W end of the N aisle with a single pointed-arch window with an ashlar surround. Attached to the right is a tall tower with a pointed-arch entrance to the ground floor, a blind second stage and a gabled upper stage with three small louvered lancet openings above a frieze of three glazed quatrefoils. A short, slated spire emerges from the gabled upper stage. A stone band between the first and second stages of the tower extends across the W end of the church forming a continuous hood mould. The S aisle has three square-headed, timber cross windows with leaded glass and trefoil heads with a continuous ashlar sill band. Rising above the aisle is the S nave clerestory, a continuous band of twelve timber trefoil-headed leaded windows in groups of four; those to the E side retain original leaded glass and those to the W side have replacement glass (from the original leaded lights) with mock lead strip. The N aisle, built against the adjoining property has no aisle windows but the clerestory is visible. The steep and partially visible E end has wooden bargeboards and a series of three louvered openings to the apex with a chimney stack to the right. FORMER SCHOOL ROOM: attached at right angles to the E wall of the church. It has a slated, steeply pitched roof, and the continuous ashlar sill band to the church continues around the side and rear elevations of the school. The gable end facing Sycamore Street has a central segmental-headed entrance with double-boarded doors and plain fanlight over, flanked by a square-headed window. To the apex there is a pair of ashlar bands and triple louvered openings similar to those of the church?s E end. The rear wall has four similar square-headed windows; all windows are identical to those of the S aisle. The upper parts of all windows retain original leaded glass and the lower parts are replacement sheet glass with mock lead strips. INTERIOR CHURCH: the church retains its Nonconformist character and comprises a large aisled nave with painted plaster walls, a boarded dado and a wood block floor. The E window is a rose window with quatrefoil tracery and a hood mould with bar stops. The round-arched nave arcades are of timber with pierced quatrefoils to the spandrels, supporting a false tribune above comprising a pair of round arches to each bay with a pierced quatrefoil. Above this rises a timber clerestory comprising four trefoil-headed lights per bay: windows to the N side retain their original leaded quarries while those to the S side have been re-glazed with wired glass and applied leading. An original vestibule to the main entrance in the SE corner has a boarded ceiling divided by diagonal moulded ribs. The nave roof is flat boarded and divided into panels separated by moulded ribs, and diagonal and curved braces spring from the wall posts in each bay. Iron tie rods span the nave from the moulded corbels of the wall posts. The aisles have lean-to roofs with exposed rafters and boarding. Several original fittings are retained including ornate door furniture. There are three banks of deal benches with circulation in the aisles; the benches have numbered ends and metal umbrella stands and holds, the latter fixed with ornate hinges. A few rows have been lost by the insertion of modern partitions at the front of the aisles enclosing spaces now used as a sacristy and a store. The original timber pulpit throne remains with its canted front and stairs to either side with open gothic work panels and ornate newel posts. Alterations to allow for Catholic worship include the installation of a plain forward altar and lectern, plaster statues and simple Stations of the Cross. FORMER SCHOOL ROOM: a pair of timber doors, one with original stained and leaded glass and the other with replacement sheet glass and mock leading, give access through the E wall of the church into the former school room. This retains the original large open space with the exception of the insertion of a small modern kitchen to the NE corner, where the original stage was located. The original vestry and service stair remain attached to the N; the original door to the vestry has been removed and replaced with a pair of modern openings and the vestry space has been divided and converted to a toilet and scullery. Original features include the timber entrance porch with glazed, trefoil-headed upper parts fitted with leaded glass, a boarded dado and the timber roof structure. Selected Sources Books and journals Grundy, J, McCombie, G, Ryder, P, Welfare, H, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, (2002), 300 Websites Entry for William Lister Newcombe, accessed 18-02-2016 from htttp://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=206930 Other Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle: An Architectural and Historical Review, AHP 2012		2016-05-16	2016-05-16
1431164	Newbrough War Memorial	1431164	MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.198745 55.005457,-2.198635 55.005465,-2.198632 55.005479,-2.198712 55.005477,-2.198762 55.005465,-2.198801 55.005430,-2.198780 55.005430,-2.198745 55.005457)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1920 by Messrs Beattie & Co of Carlisle with Second World War additions. Reasons for Designation Newbrough War Memorial, which stands on the north side of Stanegate, is listed at Grade II for the following reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20 * Design: a simple but well executed memorial in the form of a polished granite Celtic Cross on a tapering pedestal * Group value: the memorial benefits from a spatial group value with a surrounding group of listed buildings including the Grade II listed Town Hall History This memorial was commissioned by the War Memorial Committee, chaired by Mr M Watson and raised by public subscription. It was designed by Messrs Beattie & Co of Carlisle and the site was donated by the Benson family. The memorial was unveiled by Lt Gen Sir Percy S Wilkinson KCMGCB on 30th January 1920. After the end of the Second World war, a bronze plaque recording the names of the recent fallen was erected at the memorial paid for by public subscription, designed by Mr. Willy and executed by Mr. T. Charlton of Newbrough. An historic photograph shows that the war memorial was originally set to the rear of large enclosure fronted by a low stone wall with ornate railings and a central gated entrance. In 1950, the memorial was moved forward to bring it in line with the front of the town hall and set at the centre of a curving structure of walls, steps and seats; it was unveiled for a second time on 16th November 1952. Details First World War memorial, 1920 by Messrs Beattie & Co of Carlisle with Second World War additions. MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite cross on local Prudham freestone base, with copper and bronze plaques. This memorial is situated on the north side of the main road (the Roman road Stanegate) through the small village and immediately adjacent to the town hall. It is in the form of a Celtic cross set upon a tapering pedestal upon a two-stepped base. Affixed to the front of the main pedestal is a tapering copper plaque 90 cm by 60 cm with a decorative arched pattern at the top, inside which are the dates 1914 and 1918, and below which are the thirty names of the fallen. Each name is in its own cartouche, the lettering and cartouche in raised Roman capitals. A bronze plaque 15 cm by 92 cm on the front of the upper step carries the information from 1939-1945, with the ten names raised in half relief in Roman capitals, and the dates carried on a central panel. The memorial sits at the centre of a later, curving structure of walls, steps and seats. Selected Sources Websites North East war memorials project, accessed 10-11-2015 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8069		2016-02-18	2016-02-18
1431165	Horsley War Memorial	1431165	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.855873 54.988121,-1.855886 54.988150,-1.855933 54.988143,-1.855919 54.988115,-1.855873 54.988121)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, with Second World War additions, 1923. Reasons for Designation Horsley War Memorial, which stands on the south side of the village street, is listed at Grade II for the following reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20 * Design: a rusticated granite memorial in the form of a St Cuthbert Cross with Celtic interlace decoration History This memorial was commissioned by the War Memorial Committee and raised by public subscription on a site agreed with the Duke of Northumberland. It was unveiled on 2nd June 1923 by Col E P A Riddell and dedicated by Rev H H Barff, vicar of Wylam. The word ?Wars? was pluralised when the two names of the fallen from the Second World war were added. Details First World War memorial, with Second World War additions, 1923. Rusticated granite. This memorial is situated on the south side of the main street through the small village of Horsley and is in the form of a St. Cuthbert cross decorated with Celtic interlace patterns. The cross is mounted on a large rusticated pedestal which bears the inscriptions on its smoothed, north side. This in turn is mounted on a shallower stepped base. The whole is set within a square enclosure surrounded by a plain iron fence with gate. The inscription is in sans serif capitals throughout, incised and filled with lead. The dedication is carved onto the front and reads: IN HONOUR OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914-18/ [Followed by the eleven names of the fallen listed below in alphabetical order with surnames and forename]/ 1939-1945/ [Followed by the two names of the fallen from the Second World War]. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 9 February 2017. This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/05/2017 Selected Sources Websites North East War Memorial Project, accessed 10 May 2017 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7672 War Memorials Online, accessed 9 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195830 War Memorials Register, accessed 9 November 2015 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/71019 National Grid Reference: NZ0931965958		2016-02-18	2016-02-18
1433644	Blyth Submariners' War Memorial	1433644	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.500600 55.105430,-1.500593 55.105437,-1.500609 55.105437,-1.500607 55.105431,-1.500600 55.105430)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial to three crewmen of HMS E30 who died in 1916, and a crewman of HMS Trident who died in the same year. Reasons for Designation The Blyth Submariners? War Memorial, which stands in Blyth Cemetery, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Architectural interest: an unusual variant of the broken column type of grave marker, using a broken mast and nautical symbols appropriate to the commemorated men. History HMS E30, a British E-class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, was commissioned in November 1915. E30 had a complement of 30 crew members. They all died when the submarine hit a mine and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk, on 22 November 1916. Three of the submariners serving on HMS E30, Petty Officer Telegraphist Robert Larcombe, Able Seaman Edward Howard and Stoker First Class John Smith, had however died at sea in an accidental explosion on 7 April 1916 and were buried in Blyth Cemetery. A fourth sailor, Petty Officer Stoker George Lyons serving on HMS Trident, a Talisman-class destroyer, who died on 29 April 1916 shortly after the vessel was completed, was also buried in the cemetery. Lyons had drowned having fallen in an accident at Blyth dock, trying to board his ship. The memorial was purchased and erected by their shipmates. Details The memorial stands in the north-eastern part of Blyth Cemetery, consistent with the traditional practice of burying shipwrecked sailors in the northern side of a burial ground. The stone monument comprises a broken ship?s mast rising from a rocky plinth. The plinth, raised on a two-stepped base, is ornamented with a lifebuoy and anchor carved in relief, and with a rope twisting around the mast. At the base of the mast is inscribed SACRED/ TO THE/ MEMORY/ OF. On the face of the plinth below, the dedication continues with THEY THAT GO DOWN/ TO THE SEA IN SHIPS/ AND OCCUPY THEIR/ BUSINESS IN GREAT/ WATERS, THESE MEN SEE/ THE WORKS OF THE LORD/ AND HIS WONDERS IN/ THE DEEP. PSALM 107 V 23. Below this is a carving depicting a submarine on the surface of the ocean. The details of the three submariners from HMS E30 and the sailor from HMS Trident are recorded on the top step of the base. George Lyons? date of death, followed by ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES is inscribed on the bottom step. Selected Sources Websites North West War Memorials Project - Blyth Submariners, accessed 18/02/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6635 Other ?News in Brief?, Shields Daily Gazette, 11 April 1916, p2		2016-04-15	2016-04-15
1433647	Blyth First World War Memorial	1433647	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.500105 55.124517,-1.500114 55.124536,-1.500152 55.124532,-1.500147 55.124513,-1.500105 55.124517)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1923. Reasons for Designation Blyth First World War Memorial, which stands in Ridley Park, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Architectural interest: an imposing war memorial, loosely based on Sir Edwin Lutyens? Whitehall Cenotaph. History The First World War memorial for the town of Blyth, including New Delaval, Newsham, Bebside and Cowpen, was erected outside the Knight Memorial Hospital on Beaconsfield Street. It was unveiled on 17 November 1923 by the Duke of Northumberland and dedicated by Reverend A Tuson, Vicar of Blyth, in commemoration of 637 servicemen who died in the First World War. Designed by the Borough Surveyor, Mr Leiper, and built by T and G Cocks of Blyth, the memorial cost #2,000, raised by public subscription. The memorial was moved to its location in Ridley Park in 1950. Details The memorial stands at the north-western entrance to Ridley Park, alongside the Boer War and Second World War memorials. It comprises a granite pylon, c 4m tall, raised on a large base and two shallow steps. Loosely modelled on Sir Edwin Lutyens? Whitehall Cenotaph, the plyon dies back in three stages. A wreath is carved in relief on the middle stage whilst the lower stage bears bronze name plaques on three sides. The principal dedicatory inscription is carved into the granite of the base, reading 1914 ? 1918/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF BLYTH WHO ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS,/ ACHIEVED GLORIOUS DEEDS, AND DIED FOR FREEDOM/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. Selected Sources Websites North East War Memorials Project - Blyth First World War, accessed 18/02/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6620		2016-04-15	2016-04-15
1433767	Denwick War Memorial	1433767	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.677709 55.421939,-1.677709 55.421959,-1.677752 55.421959,-1.677751 55.421939,-1.677709 55.421939)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1920. Reasons for Designation Denwick War Memorial, which stands opposite the Denwick Hamlet church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Degree of survival: unusually the war memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent; * Group value: with 21 and 23 Denwick Village (Grade II). History Denwick War Memorial was unveiled on 14 November 1920 by the Duke of Northumberland, and dedicated by Canon Mangin, Vicar of Alnwick, in memory of the 16 local servicemen who had died during the First World War. The stone, from a local quarry, was donated by Messrs Green and Son and the remaining costs were defrayed by public subscription; the memorial was designed by Mr M Temple Wilson and made by Mr JE Watson, both of Alnwick. Details The memorial stands on the wall opposite Denwick Hamlet Church and 21 and 23 Denwick Village (Grade II), to the south side of the junction of the B1340 and the lane that skirts the north-eastern side of Alnwick Castle?s Grade I-registered park. It comprises at c2m tall wheel-head cross in Denwick freestone, rising from a small, tapering pedestal, square on plan. That stands on the coping, raised in two stages, of a panel in the centre of a retaining wall. A small stone vase stands in front of the pedestal. Below the cross, a stone plaque let into the wall bears the principal dedicatory inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOSE FROM THE PARISH OF DENWICK/ WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ? 1918/ AND OF WHOM/ THE FOLLOWING LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ (16 NAMES)/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI. Selected Sources Websites North East War Memorials Project - Denwick, accessed 08/04/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7087		2016-05-12	2016-05-12
1434944	Cambo War Memorial	1434944	MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.959854 55.165724,-1.959865 55.165728,-1.959870 55.165723,-1.959860 55.165718,-1.959854 55.165724)))	Summary of Building First World War memorial, 1920. Reasons for Designation Cambo War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of Holy Trinity church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Architectural interest: a tall and imposing obelisk in the Classical style; History Cambo War Memorial was unveiled at a very well attended ceremony on 4 July 1920 by Sir George Trevelyan of Wallington Hall. The ecumenical service was led by the vicar, Reverend CA Fitch. The memorial cost c #167 and commemorates 22 local men who died during the First World War. It was damaged by a falling tree and has been repaired. Details The memorial stands on high ground in the southern part of the churchyard of Holy Trinity church (Grade II). It comprises a c5m tall obelisk, square on plan, in grey granite. A wreath, carved in relief, hangs from the obelisk?s tip. The obelisk stands on the shallow cornice of the tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a three-stepped base. The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO/ THE UNDYING MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF CAMBO PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 ? 1918. The 22 names of those men who died are listed on the remaining three faces. Three names include the year of death (two 1919, the third 1920) of men who died, presumably of the effects of wounds, after the 1918 Armistice. Selected Sources Websites North East War Memorials Project, accessed 07/04/2016 from http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6816		2016-05-18	2016-05-18

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