Pendower Teacher'S Centre

NZ 26 SW NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WEST ROAD (south side) 11/560 Pendower Teacher's Centre G.V. II Large house. Circa 1870 for J.W. Pease, banker. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and attics; 4 wide irregular bays, the left gabled with a semi-circular bow, the third projecting with a semi-circular bow. Projecting ground-floor canted bay at left. Windows mainly 4-paned sashes. 2 each in the left 2 bays. In right bays, stone mullioned-and-transomed windows, those on ground floor of double height. 2 gabled dormers in second bay. Upper windows in left bays have enriched pediments and the main gable has flanking ball finials. Extruded first-floor dressing-room to right of bow rests on square buttress and an angel corbel. Left return in similar style. Deep port-cochere on right return. Steps to double panelled door, with fanlight and sidelights, in multi-moulded arch. Large rear domestic wing. Irregularly-placed corniced pilastered stacks. Interior shows, 4 stone arches to corridors and entrance; marble entrance floor, high quality Jacobean-style panelling to former dining room, with pendants to panelled ceiling; C17-style stair with wide grip handrail and fat turned balusters; marble chimney- pieces, some painted over, one with Wedgewood plaques, some with tiled surrounds; stone chimney piece with marble inlay in arcaded Jacobean surround in the panelled room. Early C18-style chimney pieces in rear wing. 4 high-quality glass panels, original fitted bench and Jacobean-style cast iron fire dog in former billiard room.

Listing NGR: NZ2148464724