Ravensworth Castle, stable block and gatehouses
Ravensworth Castle, stable block and gatehouses
HER Number
8237
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ravensworth Castle, stable block and gatehouses
Place
Ravensworth
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Stables, arches and towers. Circa 1840. Coursed squared sandstone with
ashlar dressings; roof of graduated Westmorland slate. Gothick style.
Eastern gate house: spiked and studded double gate in buttressed
double chamfered 4-centred arch flanked by octagonal towers of three storeys
and one bay with lancet windows to ground and first floor. Later infill over
gate has 3-light stone transomed and mullioned window with label mould;
crenellated parapet on corbels; square towers set back have pyramidal
Westmorland slate roofs. West elevation shows 4-light stone mullioned and
transomed window and a corbelled parapet above arch. Octagonal clock
tower over western arch entrance to stable block. Stable ranges around
courtyard have stone mullioned and transomed windows, coped buttresses and
Tudor arches; some original doors and stable fittings. Western range has
square tower with pointed arches in upper stages and coped crenellated
parapets at north-west corner. LISTED GRADE 2
ashlar dressings; roof of graduated Westmorland slate. Gothick style.
Eastern gate house: spiked and studded double gate in buttressed
double chamfered 4-centred arch flanked by octagonal towers of three storeys
and one bay with lancet windows to ground and first floor. Later infill over
gate has 3-light stone transomed and mullioned window with label mould;
crenellated parapet on corbels; square towers set back have pyramidal
Westmorland slate roofs. West elevation shows 4-light stone mullioned and
transomed window and a corbelled parapet above arch. Octagonal clock
tower over western arch entrance to stable block. Stable ranges around
courtyard have stone mullioned and transomed windows, coped buttresses and
Tudor arches; some original doors and stable fittings. Western range has
square tower with pointed arches in upper stages and coped crenellated
parapets at north-west corner. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
423310
Northing
559170
Grid Reference
NZ423310559170
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special architectural or Historic Interest, 11/64; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ravensworth Conservation Area, pp 61-63; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2006, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead; North of England Civic Trust, 2008, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead, Conservation Plan; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2016, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead - Watching Brief; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2014, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead - Building Recording