Oakfield House and estate

HER Number

6353

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Oakfield House and estate

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Built in the early 1860s, the house and its estate comprised a few acres close to Condercum Road and was occupied by Col. Oliver Selby and then of J.G. Hicks. Demolished after 1919 and built over by housing by 1939. The lodge to the south-east (HER 17277) remains standing.

Easting

421730

Northing

564490

Grid Reference

NZ421730564490

Sources

2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2008, Trinity School (Oakfield College Site), Condercum Road, Benwell - Archaeological Assessment