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stanmapstone
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Re: Blue House
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 21 June 09 14:14 UTC (UK) »
Blue House is not a listed building according to http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/default.aspx although it is  is not an up-to-date record of all currently listed buildings.

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sillgen
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Re: Blue House
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 21 June 09 15:19 UTC (UK) »
It does not need to be listed to have restrictions about change of colour etc.  Those houses within the conservation area of a particular town or village cannot be altered without specific permission for instance.
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Gadget
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Re: Blue House
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 21 June 09 21:07 UTC (UK) »
The Blue House is not within any of the Newcastle conservation areas. The nearest is Gosforth which starts at the boundary of Dukes Moor (on which the house is situated) and the gardens of the houses to the North of it. The Jesmond conservation areas, to the east, are further away still.

I'm wondering if the requirement to retain some blue on the house might relate to a possible clause in the freehold documents of the property that were inserted by the Freemen:

http://www.freemenofnewcastle.com/themoorhistory.html

It you notice on the photo that I took yesterday, the blue is now confined to the wooden decorative parts of the house. I'm sure there was more blue on it in the 1970s but memory can play tricks!

If you give me a while, I'll ask some solicitor friends of mine who might know about any possible clauses. It's a really well known and loved local landmark.


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Michael Dixon
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Re: Blue House
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 21 June 09 21:32 UTC (UK) »


Gadget,

I think your hunch about memory playing tricks is right.

In my child's mind-eye from 1950s, I saw the house as "very blue". Checking it out in I think in 1970s to resolve a silly argument, I saw that the only blue bit was the pseudo Elizabethan beams on the upper floor of the house-as it is today !

I think Toll Collector would have chuckled , thanking fate for not having him collect tolls today... masses of traffic heading to/fro the Hoppings.

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Re: Blue House
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 21 June 09 21:36 UTC (UK) »
I'll pop down there and collect some myself, Michael - can't hear the Hoppings tonight - what is going on down there  Roll Eyes

That roundabout is an accident trap - I just close my eyes and go  Lips Sealed Lips Sealed Lips Sealed


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Re: Blue House
« Reply #20 on: Monday 22 June 09 01:25 UTC (UK) »
Found this on the net it says
Statement of Significance: Despite its name the Blue House is not blue. It takes its name from a remark made in 1898 that the house had blue tiles on the roof. The two storey brick house has blue painted wooden features such as window frames, porch and mock Tudor wood detailing in the gable. The sections between the blue mock Tudor elements and the window surrounds are painted white creating a striking landmark by the busy road. The house was built in 1895 to replace an earlier structure thathad been erected to lodge the stockman who tended cattle on the moor. It was also used as a base for toll collectors who took a toll levied on goods coming in to the city, a practice discontinued in 1910.
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Re: Blue House
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 24 June 09 05:38 UTC (UK) »
There you go you see.  It was just gossip after all.

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SCOTLAND
KBC interests - Murray and Shaw: Blacklock and Kirkland.
DMS interests - as KBC.

ENGLAND
Northumberland
Murray: > 1920 in Longbenton/Forest Hall; Howick 1920's
Elliott: North Nbld 1800's
Straughan/Straphen: North Nbld 1800's and 1910's/1920's Craster.
Henderson(nee Elliott)/Brodie Haydon Bridge 1900's
Bell (nee Elliott) Christon Bank/Embleton 1900's

IRELAND
County Mayo
Mills: Erris Head and Gortmellia
Mullarky: as same
Ginnelly: as same
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