Shotton Hall

NZ 43 NE PETERLEE PASSFIELD WAY (North side)

5/34 Shotton Hall (formerly 5/7/50 listed in the Civil Parish of Shotton II

House. Mid C18 with early C19 alterations. Pebble-dashed masonry and chimneys; renewed pantiled roofs. Rear service wing attached to right. 2-storey entrance front of 6 unevenly-spaced bays has low plinth and raised quoins. Pedimented doorcase with pulvinated frieze, in third bay, has early C19 door with 4 vertical panels. 12-pane sashes with projecting sills and lintels. Hipped roof has slightly-swept eaves and 3 ridge chimneys. 5-bay left return has large plinth, raised quoins to right and mainly 12-pane sashes. 5-bay right return has parapet; early C19 shallow 2-storey bow to left with 3 elongated 15-pane sashes to each floor; 2 upper windows retain wrought-iron balconies. Boarded windows and slightly-projecting gabled end bay, with lateral stack, to right. Irregular rear has Venetian stair window. Single-storey, 5-bay service wing has boarded windows and steeply-pitched roof with hipped end.

Interior has mid C18 3-flight cut-string open-well staircase with turned balusters and moulded handrail. Entrance hall has moulded wall panels and enriched late C18 chimney-piece. Several 6-panel doors in architraves and 3-panel window shutters. Stair window has Palladian motif and angular capitals.

Late C20 rear addition not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ4148039740