Jesmond Dene, Millfield House

HER Number:
9858

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond Dene, Millfield House

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Millfield House is well-known to visitors to Jesmond Dene as it now serves as the visitor centre and rangers’ headquarters. In 1870 it was owned by a Newcastle banker, Robert G. Hoare, who commissioned the architect Frank W. Rich to build an extension on the west side and it is from this period that the name ‘Millfield House’ came into use. The three storey brick house is built on an L plan with a slate roof. The account for the 1876 extension by Frank West Rich is in the Armstrong archive in Tyne and Wear Archives. Millfield House is unconnected with the industrial and commercial site of Busy Cottage (with the possible exception of some masonry ni the cellar). The building is of interest because of its quirky additions made by an architect known for showy structures, and as a well known landmark in the parkland of the Ouseburn Valley. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2619

Northing:
6630

Grid Reference:
NZ26196630

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document; John Penn, 2009, The Enigmatic Architect: Frank West Rich (1840-1929), Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th Series, Vol XXXVIII, pp 139-149; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Camera of Adam of Jesmond, St. Mary's Chapel and Millfield House, Ouseburn - Archaeological Monitoring; Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2009, Millfield House, Jesmond Dene - Historic Building Recording