Site of rotunda. Shown on old postcards of the park. Moved to Blagdon Hall in Northumberland possibly in 19th century.
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
SITEDESC
Site of rotunda. Shown on old postcards of the park. Moved to Blagdon Hall in Northumberland possibly in C19.
Site Name
Heaton Park, temple
Site Type: Specific
Rotunda
HER Number
5728
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5728 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Fair
Crossref
5005
DAY1
19
District
Newcastle
Easting
426470
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Wrought Iron
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565290
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Heaton
Description
Original ornamental gates and piers into Heaton Park from Heaton Park View. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
Need repair
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Original ornamental gates and piers into Heaton Park from Heaton Park View. The Heaton Park View entrance is the original gateway to the park. The date ‘1909’ is found in the metalwork of the gates. The entrance comprises four sandstone piers, the central two being the largest. These piers are capped with carved arched stones and have two small pilasters on the sides of the piers. Between these piers are double decorated wrought iron gates. Single decorated wrought iron gates connect the central piers to the smaller piers at either side. These piers are capped by carved arched stones of a similar design to those which top the large piers.
Site Name
Heaton Park, Heaton Park View, gates, walls and gate piers
Site Type: Specific
Gate
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5727
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5727 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area, Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5005
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
426000
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566680
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
Water feature probably designed as a waterfall. This is one example of a number of small "grottos" in the Dene, created at the bottom of steep rock faces where hollowed stones allowed small pools to form. The surrounding rocks were originally planted with ferns and plants with a creeping habit such as Periwinkles.
SITEASS
Almost entirely hidden by undergrowth. Access to it impossible as upper eastern path is closed for safety purposes. When path is reopened, uncover this feature and restore it.
Site Type: Broad
Water Feature
SITEDESC
Water feature probably designed as a waterfall. This is one example of a number of small "grottos" in the Dene, created at the bottom of steep rock faces where hollowed stones allowed small pools to form. The surrounding rocks were originally planted with ferns and plants with a creeping habit such as Periwinkles.
Site Name
Jesmond Dene, water feature
Site Type: Specific
Waterfall
HER Number
5726
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5726 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
80-90%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5005
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
426270
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565970
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
Large house and pleasure grounds built in 1828 for Armourer Donkin (1779-1851). He was a close friend of Lord Armstrong having trained him in law, and he left his estate to him when he died.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Large house and pleasure grounds built in 1826 for Armourer Donkin (1779-1851). He was a close friend of Lord Armstrong having trained him in law, and he left his estate to him when he died. It was later owned by Edward Liddell, James Morrison and J.G. Hoare. The house was double-fronted and south facing, overlooking the Ouseburn valley. It contained 'large lofty rooms and numerous bedrooms'. The 8 acre site included servants houses, stables, byres, coach houses, offices and a lodge on Jesmond Road near Sandyford New Bridge. The house was demolished in 1899 and replaced by terraced houses named after British statesmen (e.g. Churchill Gardens).
Site Name
Jesmond Park
Site Type: Specific
Country House
HER Number
5725
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5725 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
5005
DAY1
05
DAY2
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425490
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
10
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567120
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
Large house, now school. Early 19th century, additions 1817 and 1823-7 by Dobson for Sir Thomas Burdon. Enlarged 1869 by T. Oliver and 1884 by T.R. Spence for Charles Mitchell (Armstrong's partner). Sandstone ashlar with Welsh and Lakeland slate roofs. Gothic style. 2 and 3 storeys. Partly-glazed door in Gothic porch with panelled ceiling. 4-light flanking windows with y-tracery. Central stepped parapet with coat of arms. Variety of canted, oriel and square bay windows with stone mullions. Gallery at left has high central parapet and corner turrets with large acanthus bud finials. 3-storey tower to rear has battlemented parapet. Interior - stone arched entrance hall with tiled floor with medieval motifs, Gothic ashlar chimneypiece and cast iron grate. Vine and oak carving to corniced surrounds of billiard room doors with painted glass panels. High quality painted glass windows in billiard room. Finely-moulded stucco cornice and frieze with foliage pattern in sitting room. Painted dado with leaves and flowers in arts-and-crafts style (added 1885-1910). Stair in right part of house has delicate Gothic balustrade, with pendants to landing. Internal detail from the Spence period includes fine carving by Ralph Hedley. The stone for the 1884 additions came from Kenton quarries. Walter Scott was the contractor. The tower was raised between 1869 and 1884 to provide an artist's studio for Mitchell's son, Charles W. Mitchell. LISTED GRADE 2*
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Large house, later the senior school of La Sagesse school (see HER 10118). Early C19, additions 1817 and 1823-7 by Dobson for Sir Thomas Burdon. Enlarged 1869 by T. Oliver and 1884 by T.R. Spence for Charles Mitchell (Armstrong's partner). Sandstone ashlar with Welsh and Lakeland slate roofs. Gothic style. 2 and 3 storeys. Partly-glazed door in Gothic porch with panelled ceiling. 4-light flanking windows with y-tracery. Central stepped parapet with coat of arms. Variety of canted, oriel and square bay windows with stone mullions. Gallery at left has high central parapet and corner turrets with large acanthus bud finials. 3-storey tower to rear has battlemented parapet. Interior - stone arched entrance hall with tiled floor with medieval motifs, Gothic ashlar chimneypiece and cast iron grate. Vine and oak carving to corniced surrounds of billiard room doors with painted glass panels. High quality painted glass windows in billiard room. Finely-moulded stucco cornice and frieze with foliage pattern in sitting room. Painted dado with leaves and flowers in arts-and-crafts style (added 1885-1910). Stair in right part of house has delicate Gothic balustrade, with pendants to landing {1}. Internal detail from the Spence period includes fine carving by Ralph Hedley. The stone for the 1884 additions came from Kenton quarries. Walter Scott was the contractor. The tower was raised between 1869 and 1884 to provide an artist's studio for Mitchell's son, Charles W. Mitchell {2}. Sir Thomas Burdon bought Agnes Emeldon's third of Jesmond manor from the Coulson family in 1805. He married the sister of Lord Eldon and lived in West Jesmond House at the turn of the 19th century. His son Richard, married the daughter of Sir James Sanderson, former mayor of London, and changed his name to Burdon Sanderson. He restored the house in 1830. His daughter Mary married Robert Haldane. Their children were Lord Haldane, Prof. JC Haldane FRS and Sir WS Haldane. In 1870 the house was sold to Charles Mitchell, who renamed it Jesmond Towers. Bemersyde Drive is named after Earl Haig of Bemersyde (Haig's Whisky) who visited Mitchell at Jesmond Towers. Charles Mitchell died in 1895. The house became a boy's school. After World War Two the boy's school moved and the building was bought by La Sagesse School, who already owned North Jesmond House (HER 10118). Tudor Gothic style. La Sagesse school closed in July 2008. recorded ahead of alteration work in 2015 by ASUD - no significant unrecorded features located. A well and tank room at the front of the building were recorded seperately by ASUD later in 2015. The well contained a lime-mortared brick shaft 1.03m in diameter with 0.23m thick walls. The top was covered by a large sandstone slab. The well is 8.65m deep with 6.75m of water within it. The tank room is marked on Oliver's 1869 plan of the house. The walls are mostly of sandstone which has been plastered proabably used for water storage.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers
Site Type: Specific
Country House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II*
HER Number
5724
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5724 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special … Interest, Sep-91
N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 511; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865, pp 18 and 19; J. Donald, 1976, Historical Walking Tour of Jesmond (Newcastle Local Studies Library, Jesmond Miscellaneous Articles, Vol 1, pp 36-41); Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 32; Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, pages 59-60; Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 65; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Jesmond Towers, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Recording; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Well and Tank Room, Jesmond Towers, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Recording; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2016, Biomass Installation, Jesmond Towers, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Watching Brief
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2015
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5005
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425880
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566700
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
Lord William George Armstrong's House. Built in 1835 in preparation for his marriage to Margaret Ramshaw the same year. Architect unknown. Armstrong developed Jesmond Dene (HER 5005) into an associated pleasure ground with a sumptuous banqueting hall. The north end of his gardens stopped at Jesmond Dene House (Andrew Noble's house) and at the south at Benton Bank. By the 1870s Armstrong was spending much of his time at Cragside, his home in Northumberland. In 1883 he had donated his "garden" to the people of Newcastle. Demolished c.1930.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Lord William George Armstrong's House. Built in 1835 in preparation for his marriage to Margaret Ramshaw the same year. Architect unknown. Armstrong developed Jesmond Dene (HER 5005) into an associated pleasure ground with a sumptuous banqueting hall. The north end of his gardens stopped at Jesmond Dene House (Andrew Noble's house) and at the south at Benton Bank. By the 1870s Armstrong was spending much of his time at Cragside, his home in Northumberland. In 1883 he had donated his "garden" to the people of Newcastle. Demolished c.1930. No photographs of the building seem to have survived. A drawing was published in the Monthly Chronicle for January 1889 {1}. Built on part of the 'Chance Field'. After the house was demolished in the 1930s, the ruins and grounds were known locally as 'Wendy's Woods'. A length of stone wall, 2 pillars and a cottage survive on Lindisfarne Road {2}.
Site Name
Jesmond Dean (Lord Armstrong's house)
Site Type: Specific
Country House
HER Number
5723
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5723 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004; J. Donald, 1976, Historical Walking Tour of Jesmond (Newcastle Local Studies Library, Jesmond Miscellaneous Articles, Vol 1, pp 36-41); Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area, Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5005
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425530
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567220
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
Boundary wall between Armstrong and Noble's estates.
SITEASS
Need repair.
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Boundary wall between Armstrong and Noble's estates.
Site Name
Jesmond Dene, boundary wall
Site Type: Specific
Wall
HER Number
5722
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5722 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425860
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Concrete
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566490
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Jesmond
Description
Complete subterranean air raid shelter in garden next to St Mary's Well.
SITEASS
Warrants recording.
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
SITEDESC
Complete subterranean air raid shelter in garden next to St Mary's Well.
Site Name
Air raid shelter next to St Mary's Well
Site Type: Specific
Air Raid Shelter
HER Number
5721
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5721 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Poor
Crossref
5005,145
DAY1
05
District
Newcastle
Easting
425900
Grid ref figure
6
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
Line of boundary stones with 'C' marked on them. Within grounds of St Mary's Chapel (HER 145). There are only 3 clearly visible, more in the undergrowth. 6 metres apart. Next to former county boundary between Newcastle and Northumberland, so 'C' may stand for county or could the 'C' refer to William Coulson who built the bathing place at St Mary's Well in 18th century?
SITEASS
Further research required.
Site Type: Broad
Boundary
SITEDESC
Line of boundary stones with 'C' marked on them. Within grounds of St Mary's Chapel (HER 145). There are only 3 clearly visible, more in the undergrowth. 6m apart. Next to former county boundary between Newcastle and Northumberland, so 'C' may stand for county or could the 'C' refer to William Coulson who built the bathing place at St Mary's Well in 18th century?
Site Name
Jesmond Dene, boundary stones
Site Type: Specific
Boundary Stone
HER Number
5720
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5720 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004
SURVIVAL
60-79%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
N
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
Crossref
5005, 5684
DAY1
05
DAY2
31
District
Newcastle
Easting
425980
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
3
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566500
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
Two well-built tunnels under Jesmond Dene Road which gave pedestrian access to the Banqueting Hall from Armstrong's house (Jesmond Dean - now demolished). One was for Armstrong's personal use, the other for the public. There is also a substantial retaining wall with an arch in it on the banqueting hall side of the tunnel. LOCAL LIST
SITEASS
One tunnel is now blocked. Local list - These two sandstone pedestrian tunnels under Jesmond Dene Road were constructed for Lord Armstrong. The North tunnel was built so that Armstrong could gain access to the Banqueting Hall from his home at Jesmond Dene House and is approximately 1.5m wide. The second tunnel was built so that residents of Jesmond Dene Terrace could access water supply at St. Mary’s Chapel.
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
SITEDESC
Two well-built tunnels under Jesmond Dene Road which gave pedestrian access to the Banqueting Hall from Armstrong's house (Jesmond Dean - now demolished). One was for Armstrong's personal use, the other for the public. There is also a substantial retaining wall with an arch in it on the banqueting hall side of the tunnel.
Site Name
Jesmond Dene, tunnels to Banqueting Hall
Site Type: Specific
Pedestrian Tunnel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5719
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5719 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004