Cutlers' Hall

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