Ravensworth, walled garden

HER Number

12019

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth, walled garden

Place

Ravensworth

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden

Site Type: Specific

Walled Garden

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A lozenge-shaped brick walled garden in a sadly deteriorated condition.

Easting

422960

Northing

559420

Grid Reference

NZ422960559420

Sources

Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ravensworth Conservation Area, p 62; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2006, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead; North of England Civic Trust, 2008, Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead, Conservation Plan