Title

Whitburn House, Front Street, Whitburn, South Tyneside, c1955-c1980

Caption

Whitburn House, Front Street, Whitburn, South Tyneside, c1955-c1980. An exterior view of the front elevation of Whitburn House, a stone and half timber house, seen from the south. The house dates from 1867-1869, and was built for Thomas Barnes, a coal owner. The first two bays are gabled and of stone, with three light windows on the ground floor, and two light windows with segmental pediments on the first floor. The next five bays of the house are timber-framed, with a central door and timber porch. Under the first, second and fifth first floor windows are balconies supported by eaves, mirrorer by the timber eaves supporting the jettied balcony with timber parapet. Behind the balcony are three gabled dormer windows with timber surround. The main entrance of the house is to the rear.

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19F19_293

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71,3Mb (5,3Mb) / 13,8in x 20,1in / 4133 x 6032 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph exterior outdoors road building buildings England house houses architecture country British English lane avenue location Victorian century architectural tyne and wear Britain B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Front Street half-timbered nineteenth century English Heritage TGN timber framed Tyneside outside street photograph Thomas Barnes South Tyneside Ursula Clark Clark Ursula Whitburn House Whitburn Thomas Barnes