Description

NZ 36SE BOLDON SOUTH LANE (south side)
East Boldon

3/68 South Lodge

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II

House. 1907 by H Hedley for F G Wainwright, shipbroker. Pebbledash with sandstone
dressings, roof of flat tiles. Half E-plan, with service wing to east in place
of left half. 2 storeys; 6 bays on main south elevation; 1-bay returns; 9 bays
on north which has 2 cross gables at centre containing servants' entrance and
house entrance. Tall mullioned and transomed staircase window over servants'
door. House entrance in corbelled recess; door elliptical-headed, upper part
glazed, with deep curved hood on brackets; art nouveau bell push, 5-light windows
in one-bay set back; 2 small 2-light and one ox-eye windows irregularly placed
in projecting cross-gable. South elevation : one-storey porch off-centre; ground-
floor windows of 4-lights, central mullions and transoms removed from some;
first-floor windows of 4, 2, 2, 2, 4 and 4 lights. All windows have stone mullions
with quarter-round mouldings internally and externally; alternating block jambs
have surrounding quarter-round mouldings. Roofs hipped with swept eaves except
for gables over entrances and at Chinese-influence service wing of 2 low storeys.
3 square tapering chimneys, rendered, on ridges. The whole is a balanced compo-
sition of varied shapes and scales. Interior : principal rooms ground floor
have moulded fireplaces with stone kerbs; all doors have Tudor-arched top panels
and ornamental hinges and lock plates; staircases have broad handrails and panelled
balustrades.

Listing NGR: NZ3645460656

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481060

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)