. A history of the Dove family : and their descendants in connection with Cullercoats, Northumberland. ick throughout, faced with pressed red brickand stone dressings, and the elevations, as will be seen inthe several views, have been kept as simple as possible; thechief features being the ground floor entrance consisting ofa recessed and moulded stone arch, resting on moulded stonepilasters, the space between being filled in with woodworkand glass giving an abundant light to the lobby, entrance hall,and office, whilst the north, east and south elevations on thefirst floor, are relieved with b
. A history of the Dove family : and their descendants in connection with Cullercoats, Northumberland. ick throughout, faced with pressed red brickand stone dressings, and the elevations, as will be seen inthe several views, have been kept as simple as possible; thechief features being the ground floor entrance consisting ofa recessed and moulded stone arch, resting on moulded stonepilasters, the space between being filled in with woodworkand glass giving an abundant light to the lobby, entrance hall,and office, whilst the north, east and south elevations on thefirst floor, are relieved with brick pilasters having a series ofprojecting brick bands, and a moulded stone cornice with para-pet over; the second floor liaving stepped gables with boldly 7 82 moulded water-tabling, whilst a wide band of cement concretefinished with granite rough-cast runs round the building underthe line of the first floor windows. The west gable (over the second floor entrance) is facedthroughout with stone, and in the centre is the joint coat of armsof the Hudleston and Dove families with the motto, Soli deo. Second Floor Entrance with Gable over showino Coats of Arms, etc. honor et gloria, and to the right and left of this are mouldedand carved paterae. A moulded and polished red granite tablet is built into thewall on the ground floor near the main entrance, for view ofwhich see opposite page. Space is provided under the large storage tank for a power-ful electric pump which draws water from the strum in the 83 Larbour to supply the storage and fish tanks. The engineersfor this iiistallation were Messrs. Sleig-h. and Wood, of New-castle. At the sonth-west corner of the building is a boiler housewith a boiler to furnish hot water to the lavatory basins andsinks throughout, and one to heat the water required for warm-ing the building. Salt water is supplied to the various fish tanks and to theworkers sinks throughout the building.
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