Simonside Hall
Simonside Hall
HER Number
7791
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Simonside Hall
Place
Simonside
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Country House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
This was the seat of Robert Wallis, who opened the first shipyard in South Shields in about 1720. After his death, his second son John built or rebuilt Simonside Hall in 1784. The battlemented front parapet and rear tower must have been nineteenth century additions. South Shields A.F.C took a lease on the estate in 1947. Demolished in about 1973.
Easting
434770
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ434770564000
Sources
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 37