Ravensworth, ancillary buildings
Ravensworth, ancillary buildings
HER Number
              13469
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Ravensworth, ancillary buildings
          Place
              Ravensworth
          Map Sheet
              NZ25NW
          Class
              Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
          Site Type: Broad
              Garden Building
          Site Type: Specific
              Garden Building
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          Description
              To the south-east of the stable block are two small stone and brick structures. The first is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 4.7m x 6.5m. It is built of coursed sandstone rubble with stressed blocks at the arris, and has a single doorway in the western side. The function of the building is not known, but it may have housed either a pump for the water supply or a regulator for the gas works situated further south along the main carriage road. A second smaller structure is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 3.25m x 2m. It is built of coursed and cur sandstone blcoks with an internal brick lining. The function of the building is not known. It is of higher quality than the larger building. It may have housed some form of utility for the stable block or house.
          Easting
              423340
          Northing
              559140
          Grid Reference
              NZ423340559140
    Sources
              North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 54, gazetteer no. 1V