Gibside is a Grade II* listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1950. A Early Modern House. 12 related planning applications.
Gibside
- WRENN ID
- muted-step-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NZ 15 NE WHICKHAM B6314 (north side) Gibside Estate. 10/106 Gibside 1.2.50
G.V. II*
Large house. 1603-20 for William Blakiston; enlarged mid-C18 for George Bowes; 1805 top floor removed, original porch reconstructed and high battlemented parapet added for 10th Earl of Strathmore. Ashlar sandstone. Main block: two storeys, 5 bays. Central square projecting bay contains 3-centred-arched door in Tuscan doorcase with tall plinths; cartouche flanked by figures above entablature; plaque below entablature inscribed WB 1620 and BS 1805. Mullioned and transomed 6-light windows in bays either side and above door; 2 lights in returns of bays and set back at left. High battlements, those above bays 2 and 3 containing cross slits. Later wing projects at right: 2 storeys, 4 bays: stone mullioned and transomed 2-light windows. Roofless at time of survey. Sources: C. Hussey 'Gibside,County Durham' I and II in Country Life Feb. 8 and Feb. 15, 1952, 354-357 and 422-425. Durham County Council catalogue Streatlam and Gibside The Bowes and Strathmore Families in Co. Durham 1980.
Listing NGR: NZ1761558911
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