Description

MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE HUDE (North side)
NY9425
24/104 Clock tower,
weighbridge and
stables adjoining
GV II
Clock and weighbridge tower with stables adjoining. Mid C19 for London Lead
Company. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; graduated green
slate roofs. Tower 3 storeys, one bay, long stable range adjoining on left
return, one storey, 5 bays. Tower: high segmental-headed carriage arch with
voussoirs, abutting on adjacent house at right; with piers at left. Blank
first-floor below clock in louvred round-headed opening, with impost band
continuous. Louvred openings with flat stone lintels rest on this band.
Pyramidal roof has swept wide eaves. Stable range on left return has 2 late
C19 sashes in front 2 bays; brick extension, with garage doors further to left
not of interest.

Interior of tower arch shows quadrant brick piers in 2 left corners, each with
small cupboard door. Ground under arch has cast iron surround for weighbridge.

Included for historical interest.

Listing NGR: NY9457225802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414742

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: 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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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)