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

The Former Hexham Hydropathic, now part of Queen Elizabeth High School, was built around 1850 for the south wing, with the main part completed between 1878 and 1879. The east front features three storeys and an attic, flanked by two two-storey wings to the north and south. A central five-storey tower porch projects slightly and includes a belvedere and balcony on top. The facade is arranged with three windows on the first level, seven on the second, and two on the third. It is constructed of ashlar stone, with a plinth, cill bands on the first and second floors, and raised window surrounds with keys. The hipped roofs are supported by paired eaves brackets. The tower porch is more ornate, featuring balconies at the first and second floor windows, and a broken pediment above the third-floor window, topped with a small pediment in the cornice. The first-floor windows are plate glass sash with segmental heads, while the ground floor has two five-light rectangular bays. The entrance has a glazed semi-circular head and three stone corbels supporting the balcony above. There are also two light pedimented dormers. The north wing has two windows with an inserted attic, while the south wing, formerly known as Westfield House, is earlier and richly decorated. Its centre projects slightly and features an open ball-topped pediment with an ornamented tympanum. This section is flanked by rusticated piers on the ground floor and is panelled on the first floor, with a four-light bay window on the ground floor and a segmental-headed Venetian window above. The windows have architraves with cartouches on the ground floor. The return to the south includes a central doorcase with a blind balustraded parapet above, supported by bracket-capped pilasters, and rusticated side piers on the ground floor that transition into raised quoins on the first floor.