Ryton Rectory
Ryton Rectory
HER Number
1480
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton Rectory
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Clergy House
Site Type: Specific
Vicarage
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Elizabethan 1558 to 1603
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
South of Ryton church and in its own grounds is the onetime rectory, now two separate dwellings. It is constructed of stone, with a slate roof, with three storeys and nine bays. Though Georganized in 1709 it is said to be probably late 16th century to early 17th century in its masonry with a west window of c. 1500 or late medieval date. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
415120
Northing
564770
Grid Reference
NZ415120564770
Sources
<< HER 1480 >> Department of Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural Interest - 1985, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead,Ryton Parish
N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, p. 394
N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, p. 394