Description

NT 82 NE KIRKNEWTON HETHPOOL

6/84 Hethpool House

GV II

House. 1919, dated on roundel in rear porch gable, by Cahill of Alnwick, on
site of, and incorporating some masonry from, a house built in 1687. Additions
of 1928 by Robert Mauchlin of Newcastle, for Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland.
Roughcast with ashlar dressings and Devonian slate roof. Arts-and-Crafts style.
2 storeys; double-span roof with projecting wing to rear and later round tower
attached on right.

Original building 6 bays. Doorway in 2nd bay: glazed door in large gabled porch
with round-arched entry and sundial in gable. 12-pane sash windows in raised
surrounds. To left a high projecting round tower with similar windows, shield
with Sutherland coat of arms and conical roof. A second lower rounded projection
adjoins left side of this tower and has a conical pent roof. Similar decoration
to rear and, in rear wing, a doorway with moulded surround and lintel dated 1687.

Interior: contemporary restrained Arts-and-Crafts style with massive rough
beams, early-C18 style fireplaces and staircase with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: NT8960628391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hethpool House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15223795

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)