Shiremoor House

ST4412 MERRIOTT CP SHIREMOOR HILL (West side)

9/156 Shiremoor House (previously listed as Hill Farm House or Shiremoor Hill House) 4.2.58

GV II

Detached house. C17, modified C18. Ham stone ashlar and near-ashlar; Welsh slate between tall coped gables suggesting former thatch; brick end chimney stacks, Two storeys with attic, 3 bays. Mostly hollow-chamfer mullioned windows in chamfered recesses; first floor bays 1 and 3 of 3 lights without labels; ground floor bay 2 has a 4-light and ground floor bay 3 has a 3-light, both with labels; the window to first floor bay 2 is a 2-light ovolo-mould mullioned window in a wave-mould recess without label; lower windows rectangular-leaded. To ground floor bay 2 a wide part-glazed late C19 door, set into open stone porch having Doric columns and pilasters and plain full entablature with flat roof. Attached to south gable a single-bay extension, set lower, with casement window above and a C20 mullioned window with label below. Interior not seen, but reported is a wide cross passage, formerly with stair, several beams with slight chamfers; an old external door in rear extension; tie beam roof trusses. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, June 1975).

Listing NGR: ST4463112667