Hedley West House Farm
Hedley West House Farm
HER Number
16510
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Hedley West House Farm
Place
Hedley
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Hedley West House is shown in its original layout (a linear row roughly in line with Hedley Lane) on a plan of The Gibside Estate in 1822. In the 1850s-60s John Bowes redeveloped the buildings to the design of J.E.Watson in an E shaped plan. The tenants of the new build in 1856 were Peter and Alexander McLaven. In the late 20th century a new stone farmhouse was built to the north-east of the original. The original farmhouse has been heavily altered with the cartsheds redeveloped as holiday cottages.
Easting
420910
Northing
556620
Grid Reference
NZ420910556620
Sources
A.R. Thompson, 2011, Hedley West House Farm, Gateshead - historic building recording