Field House

HEDGELEY POWBURN NU 0l NE 4/241 Field House GV II

House, formerly Presbyterian Manse. c.1830-40. Squared tooled stone with tooled-and-margined ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. Tudor style. East elevation 2 storeys, in 2 sections: 3-bay left part has narrow centre recessed between gabled bays, that to right projecting slightly. Chamfered plinth; and string linking ground floor hoodmoulds. Central old half-glazed door with fanlight under 4-centred arch; 12-pane sash window above. Moulded corbels to eaves. Similar windows in flanking bays, the upper with separate hoodmoulds. Gables with moulded coping, kneelers and finials. Slender stepped-and-corniced stack on right return of each gabled bay; larger stack with quadripartite shaft on roof ridge behind centre. Right return shows narrow 8-pane sashes and projecting stack. 2-bay right part, set back: chamfered plinth, moulded corbels to eaves. Extruded porch on left has blocked Tudor-arched doorway, cornice on moulded corbels and small casement on right return. 12-pane sash windows, that on ground floor with hoodmould. Coped right gable on moulded kneelers, with stepped-and-corniced end stack corbelled out. South elevation, with lower hoodmould string, shows projecting gabled left bay and similar fenestration. All openings in chamfered surrounds, the windows with slightly- projecting sills.

Interior: doors with 2 rows of 3 upright panels, folding panelled shutters, moulded cornices; dogleg stair with stick balusters, moulded handrail and newels.

Formerly known as Greenville.

Listing NGR: NU0648015845