West Chirton, West Chirton House

HER Number

8667

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

West Chirton, West Chirton House

Place

West Chirton

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Designed by Dobson in 1819 for Michael Robson, coal-owner, who lived in the house until at least 1834. John Hedley owned it in the late C19. Demolished c. 1937.

Easting

433660

Northing

568040

Grid Reference

NZ433660568040

Sources

T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p 68; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2009, Norham Community Technical College, North Shields - Archaeological Assessment