Description

MORPETH NEWGATE STREET
NZ 1986 (West side)

22/270 No. 105
11.8.50

GV 11

House. Early C18, remodelled c.1760 and internally c.1810. Dressed stone with
Welsh slate roof and old brick chimneys. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Mid C18 door,
with decorative panels and patterned fanlight, in surround with attached Ionic
columns and ogee hood. 4-pane sashes on ground floor, 12-pane sashes on 1st
floor, 9-pane casements on second floor. Blocked, narrower early C18 windows
visible on left. Gabled roof with flat coping and end stacks.

Interior: Staircase with stick balusters and turned newels; 2-stage handrail
with fluted lower rail separated from rounded upper rail by tiny turned knobs.
On first floor, 2 archways framing doors to bedrooms; to left a broad elliptical
arch with attached Roman Doric columns; to right a similar round-headed doorway.
Door surrounds, window frames and all other woodwork have fluted decoration.
Fireplace in 1st floor room with attached Ionic colonettes, Greek key frieze
and swags.

Listing NGR: NZ1953286356

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294651

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)