Elswick Lodge And Wall Attached

NZ 26 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE PARK CLOSE (east side, off) 11/441 Elswick Lodge and wall attached. G.V. II Villa, now rehabilitation centre. 1844 for Robert Hawthorn. Sandstone ashlar; raduated Lakeland slate roof with brick chimneys and stone gable copings. 2 storeys and attics; 3 bays with one-bay set-back at left and lower one-bay extens- ion further left. Jacobean style. Main block central double part-glazed door in flat Tuscan porch with dentils and shaped panel over. Paired sashes above; paired sashes in slight projections in outer bays. Frame of giant pilasters and continuous cornice (corbelled in centre bay) contains all the features. Shaped gables to 3 dormers with paired blind windows. Set-back left bay in similar style. Rendered extension has plain sashes. Main house has paired, conjoined octagonal chimneys left end. Ashlar wall running forward from right end of house contains garden door in architrave; ashlar-coped brick wall continues forward a short distance.

Listing NGR: NZ2337463875