Thorntree Farmhouse England, UK

Listed Building Description

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NZ 26 NW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST ROAD (south side) 8/564 Thorntree Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Circa 1790. Coursed sandstone rubble with large quoins; Welsh slate roof with rendered chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays and low one- storey pont extension at right. Central boarded door in irregular alternate-block jambs has renewed thin painted lintel; similar lintels to flanking windows, all 3 having been inserted to gain height; painted tooled stone lintels to 3 first floor windows; projecting painted stone sills to all windows; Banded end chimneys. Built on line of Hadrian's Wall, of which a fragment is exposed a short distance to the west. Historical note: it is from a thorntree which grew on this fragment that the name derives. Empty and boarded up at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ2050065100