Description

NZ 05 SE CONSETT CUTLERS' HALL ROAD

(North side)
Benfieldside
5/30 Nos. 22 and 24
6/6/51 (Cutlers' Hall)
(Formerly listed as
Nos. 22,23 and 24)
GV II
House and cottage, later subdivided into 3 and now 2 houses. Dated 1787 for W°A
on plaque over door with name CUTLERS HALL. Coursed squared sandstone rubble
with ashlar dressings and quoins; Welsh slate roof with brick chimneys. 2
storeys, 4 windows and one-storey, one-bay right extension. Paired C20 boarded
doors,inserted in second bay under concrete lintel, have central rough stone
pier and irregular outer jambs; stone plaque above has date and name incised
in Roman capitals; similar door at left of fourth bay in stone surround.
Tooled stone surrounds to 16-pane sashes in 3 left bays; flat stone lintels
and projecting stone sils to 3-light casements in fourth bay and in right
extension. 3 ridge chimneys on main block and one at right end of extension.
Historical note: built for the Oleys, one of the families of swordmakers of
Shotley Bridge.

Listing NGR: NZ0913352200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639301

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)