Coldor, Valley View And Oakdene

HALTWHISTLE MARKET PLACE NY 76 SW and NY 7064 (South side, off) 16/26 and 20/26 Coldor, Valley 10/6/52 View and Oakdene (previously listed as The Vicarage) II

Former Vicarage now 3 dwellings. Mid C17, possibly incorporating an older core, with late C18-early C19 additions and alterations. Rubble masonry (pebble-dashed rear wing), concrete-tiled roofs, stone and brick chimney stacks. L-plan: main block (Coldor at left; Valley View and part of Oakdene at right) with late C18 wing (Oakdene) on right rear. Main block, built partly into bankside, has 2-storey front and single-storey rear. 5-window front has flush quoins. Straight joint and quoins to left of centre; original section at right has boulder plinth. Scattered openings in late C18-early C19 raised tooled surrounds: replaced casements on ground floor; interrupted first- floor sill band; three 12-pane sashes above. 2-storey canted stone bay windows on end bays have replaced doors, 12-pane sashes and hipped roofs (door jambs on right bay have tooling possibly indicating re-used Roman material). Steeply- pitched roof has coped gables and shaped kneelers. Rebuilt brick right end and ridge stacks; stone left end stack with water table. Stepped external chimney on right return. Added single-storey outshut on rear has two 16-pane sashes in rough square surrounds and a ramped coping on gable. 4-bay rear wing has altered fenestration, fire-insurance mark above C20 porch, steeply-pitched roof with coped gable end and rebuilt brick ridge stacks. Late C20 glazed porch on rear wing and addition on left return of main block are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NY7079264000