Tyne and Wear HER(5329): Benwell, Pendower Hall

  • Description

    "Large house, circa 1870, for J.W. Pease, banker. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and attics. Interior - stone arches to corridors, marble entrance floor, high quality Jacobean-style panelling to former dining room, panelled ceiling, 17th century-style staircase, marble chimney pieces, early 18th century-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. First occupied in 1867, Pendower Hall became a school in 1920..."
  • Owner

    SiteLines
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

    What does this mean? Unknown license check permission to reuse
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.twsitelines.info/SMR/5329
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 8 years, 6 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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