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© Mr Bob Cottrell ARPS AFIAP DPAGB
IoE Number:
303830
Location:
STABLE BLOCK AND GATEHOUSES TO EAST OF RAVENSWORTH CASTLE, CROSS LANE (south off)
LAMESLEY, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR
Photographer:
Mr Bob Cottrell ARPS AFIAP DPAGB
Date Photographed:
20 May 2000
Date listed:
18 November 1985
Date of last amendment:
18 November 1985
Grade
II
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NZ 25 NW LAMESLEY CROSS LANE
(south side, off)
11/64 Stable block and
gatehouses to east of
Ravensworth Castle.
G.V. II
Stables, arches and towers. Circa 1840. Coursed squared sandstone with
ashlar dressings; roof of graduated Westmorland slate. Gothick style.
Eastern gate house: spiked and studded double gate in buttressed
double chamfered 4-centred arch flanked by octagonal towers of three storeys
and one bay with lancet windows to ground and first floor. Later infill over
gate has 3-light stone transomed and mullioned window with label mould;
crenellated parapet on corbels; square towers set back have pyramidal
Westmorland slate roofs. West elevation shows 4-light stone mullioned and
transomed window and a corbelled parapet above arch. Octagonal clock
tower over western arch entrance to stable block. Stable ranges around
courtyard have stone mullioned and transomed windows, coped buttresses and
Tudor arches; some original doors and stable fittings. Western range has
square tower with pointed arches in upper stages and coped crenellated
parapets at north-west corner.