The Former Hexham Hydropathic (now part of Queen Elizabeth High School)

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NY 9263 7/146 NY 9264 8/146 5334

ALLENDALE ROAD (North Side), The Former Hexham Hydropathic (now part of Queen Elizabeth High School)

(Formerly listed as The Former Hexham Hydropathetic (now part of Northumberland College of Education))

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Circa 1850 south wing; main part 1878-9. East front: 3 storeys and attic with two 2 storey wings to north and south. Central 5 storey tower porch breaks forward slightly, belvedere and balcony on top. 3:7:2 windows. Ashlar with plinth, 1st and 2nd floor cill bands, raised window surrounds with keys. Hipped roofs with paired eaves brackets. Tower porch more ornate; balconies 1st and 2nd floor windows and bracketted broken pediment above 3rd floor window with a small pediment above in the cornice. Plate glass sash windows with segmental heads on 1st floor. Two 5-light rectangular bays on ground floor. Entrance has glazed semi-circular head and 3 stone corbels to the balcony above. 2 light pedimented dormers. North wing of 2 windows with inserted attic. South wing, the former Westfield House, is earlier and lavishly decorated. Centre breaks forward slightly with open ball-topped pediment containing ornamented tympanum. Centre flanked by rusticated piers on ground floor, panelled on 1st floor and has, on the ground floor a 4 light bay window with a segmental headed Venetian window on 1st floor. Architraves to windows, with cartouches on ground floor. Return to south has central doorcase with blind balustraded parapet above, supported on bracket capped pilasters. Rusticated side piers on ground floor, becoming raised quoins on 1st floor.

Listing NGR: NY9242063984