Description

NZ 05 SE CONSETT THE TERRACE
(East side)
Shotley Bridge
5/87 (inset) Shotley House,
Shotley House Cottage
and Peile House
GV II
House, now 3 separate houses. Built as Shotley House circa 1860 for J. Priestman.
Pecked, margined sandstone ashlar with plinth and quoins; Welsh slate roof with
ashlar and yellow brick chimneys. E-plan. Front range and long F-plan rear
range. Italianate style. Front range: 2 storeys, 3 bays. 6 wide steps up to
half-glazed door and side lights flanked by square Tuscan columns and pilasters,
under overlights and entablature with prominent cornice; etched glass in
principal lights. Sill band to 4-pane sash in plain stone surround above,
recessed under corbel table linking outer bays. Quoined outer bays have similar
sashes in 2-storey canted bays. Continuous first-floor-level band and top
entablature with paired curved stone brackets under wide eaves. Low-pitched
hipped roof has shallow hips over canted bays; 2 cruciform brick chimneys on
ashlar plinths; rear corniced ashlar chimneys on other ranges.
Left return has 2 bays of front range, that to right with square projecting bay,
and a fern-house grotto covering the left bay, with conservatory removed;
plainer 2-storey, set-back bay with left quoins; plain 2-storey, 4-bay rear wing
set back.
Right return has projecting central wing, now Shotley House Cottage; courtyard
behind with 2 ranges of servants' quarters and coach houses, now Peile House.
Rear range has pebble-dashed extended upper storey.
Interior of Shotley House: Imperial stair in central hall has wreaths and
curtails; 6-panel doors in architraves throughout; moulded panelled internal
shutters; some original marble chimneypieces; rich stucco decoration to ceiling
roses and cornices in late C18 style.

Listing NGR: NZ0932852901

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551900

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  For the Record