ROYAL VICTORIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND - Benwell - List Entry
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Description
House, now school. 1865 by Alfred Waterhouse for Dr. Thomas Hodgkin. Hammer- dressed snecked sandstone with ashlar plinth and dressings; graduated dark slate roof with serrated ridge tiles and stone gable copings. Irregular plan. Tudor- Gothic style. 2 storeys and attics; entrance front of 6 bays, with one at left and 2 at right gabled and breaking forward to range round courtyard; 2 bays set back at left, 4 bays extending to right from gabled end of right wing......Stair window glass has coats of arms of Middlesex, Newcastle and Cornwall, initials TH and LAH and date 1865. Gothic cast-iron radiator cover in hall. Historical note: Hodgkin was a notable local historian. He gave the house to the Royal Victoria Home in 1894, and at the same time gave its grounds to the then Urban District of Benwell as a public park.... -
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1024958
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