8810
Tennis
Jesmond Racquet Court
55.000521, -1.605561
Jesmond
Opened:
19th c
Closed:
Open
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
20 Nov 2024
HER Description
Real tennis court and house, now badminton and real tennis club;by F.W. Rich for Sir Andrew Noble. Flemish garden wall bond brick with ashlar and terracotta dressings; roof of plain tiles with terracotta gable copings; lead turret roofs. One high storey, 8 bays and 2-storey ninth bay. Pent entrance extension on right return; low 4-bay pent front extension. South elevation: large round windows, with pivoted central section and metal glazing bars, in keyed ashlar and terracotta surrounds; bays defined by buttresses. Ninth bay has upper 4-light stone-mullioned window. Pentice in front of 4 right bays has sash windows, tripartite in gabled alternate bays. Tall octagonal corner turrets have terracotta strings; cornices and high domes with ball finials. Right return entrance porch has arts-and-crafts Gothic style ornament above elliptical open arch; parapet with high spike finials. Wood gallery on rear.
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Ordnance Survey, 1890s
Real Tennis courts in 1894. Source: jdrtc.co.uk
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Plan of the grounds from 1892. Source: jdrtc.co.uk
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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