Laygate House

HER Number

16172

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Laygate House

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Villa

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Laygate House is shown on Brigham and Cowan's map of 1827 with a formal garden. The house was bought in the early 19th century by the Stevenson family from Glasgow. The patriarch of the family had become a partner in the Jarrow and South Shields Chemical Works. Laygate House was probably demolished shortly after c.1856 due to the planned re-development of the area for Tyneside Flats to house the growing influx of workers, and the family moved to Westoe village.

Easting

436040

Northing

566220

Grid Reference

NZ436040566220

Sources

Tyne and Wear Museums, 2013, Frederick Street, South Shields, Archaeological Building Recording; Brigham and Cowan map 1827; Entec UK Ltd, 2009, Trinity South Regeneration - Archaeological Assessment