Factory which made interiors for ships, including the Mauretania. Robson's were cabinet makers and upholsterers. Now demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
SITEDESC
Factory which made interiors for ships, including the Mauretania. Robson's were cabinet makers and upholsterers. Now demolished.
Site Name
Robson's Factory
Site Type: Specific
Factory
HER Number
5668
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5668 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 2004
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
CONDITION
Good
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
431090
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556360
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Washington
Description
Large house, 1854-7 by A.B. Higham of Newcastle for Isaac Lowthian Bell, Washington chemical manufacturer. Additions of 1865-7 by Philip Webb. Red brick; ashlar and terracotta quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Tall brick chimneys. Free Tudor style. Complicated plan with long domestic wings. Two storeys and attics. Interior has some original fittings but has lost the Turkish bath installed by Webb. This was the birthplace of Gertrude Bell, explorer and Middle Eastern expert. In 1891 Bell donated the house for housing "waifs and strays". It subsequently became the residential Washington Hall School, then a nursing home, now apartments [2003]. Shown as Washington House on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and Dame Margaret's Home on second and third editions. LISTED GRADE 2
SITEASS
Pevsner - "Of modest size but in elaborate Elizabethan style, red brick with lots of stone and terracotta decoration and a big square tower. More notable are the extensions made in 1865-7 by Philip Webb: at the front an entrance porch, hall and dining room with bedrooms above; at the back a study, Turkish bath and storeroom with bedrooms above. The additions are important because it marks a development in Webb's work from the Gothic style towards the Domestic Revival. Bold assymmetrical design with a Gothic double-arched porch balanced by a steeply gabled bay with the wall cleverly canted under it and a great chimneystack of moulded brickwork, corbelled out from first-floor level, and lead facings to gables similar in detail to those Webb designed for the Gardener's Cottage, Arisaig House, Invernessshire (1863). Tall casements foreshadow his Red Barns, Redcar: the combination of Gothic and idiosyncratic features is further developed in the house on Palace Green, Kensington, that Webb built for Bell's relative-by-marriage, George Howard, in 1867-70".
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Large house, 1854-7 by A.B. Higham of Newcastle for Isaac Lowthian Bell (1815-1904), Washington chemical manufacturer. Additions of 1865-7 by Philip Webb of Oxford, included Turkish Baths, now lost. Red brick; ashlar and terracotta quoins and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Tall brick chimneys. Free Tudor style. Complicated plan with long domestic wings. Two storeys and attics. Interior has some original fittings but has lost the Turkish bath installed by Webb. This was the birthplace of Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) granddaughter of Sir Isaac, scholar, poet, historian, explorer and Middle Eastern expert. In 1891 Bell donated the house for housing "waifs and strays", on the condition that it was renamed after his wife Margaret. In 1910 the Hall became the North Branch HQ of Barnardo's. It subsequently became the residential Washington Hall School and NCB training centre, then a nursing home, now apartments [2003]. Shown as Washington House on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map and Dame Margaret's Home on second and third editions.
Site Name
Dame Margaret's Hall (Washington House)
Site Type: Specific
Country House
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5667
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5667 >> Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special ... Interest, Feb-75
The Archaeological Practice, 2001, Dame Margaret's Hall, Washington, Archaeological Assessment
The Archaeological Practice, 2002, Dame Margaret's Hall, Washington, Watching Brief Report
N. Pevsner & E. Williamson, 1985, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p 488
Whelan, 1894, p 1170; City of Sunderland, 2009, Washington Village Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy
SURVIVAL
100%
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1017, 3405
DAY1
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
411660
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556820
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Blackhall Mill
Description
Substantial stone retaining wall on north side of River Derwent, just south of the houses on River View/Morawe Crescent. Revealed during ground works in March 1998. A stone dam similar to that at Winlaton Mill was revealed at the same time on the south side of the river (in County Durham). Presumably the retaining walls were associated with the Steel Works and mill race (HER 1017) and Blackhall Mill itself (HER 3405).
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
SITEDESC
Substantial stone retaining wall and structure on north side of River Derwent, just south of the houses on River View/Morawe Crescent. Revealed during ground works in March 1998. A stone dam similar to that at Winlaton Mill was revealed at the same time on the south side of the river (in County Durham). Presumably the retaining walls were associated with the Steel Works and mill race (HER 1017) and Blackhall Mill itself (HER 3405). Revisited in April 2010. Only a small element of the stone structure is now visible, the rest is landscaped and grassed over. Ian Ayris thinks the visible structure is associated with water management of the mill race. The structure has a series of angled 'buttresses' pointing towards the river and some of the stones display a slot presumably for a timber beam of some sort. Local residents tell us that the steps on the other side of the river were utilised to form access into a concrete paddling pool in the 1950s. The steps and pool are no longer visible due to vegetation cover.
Site Name
Blackhall Mill, stone retaining wall and dam
Site Type: Specific
Revetment
HER Number
5666
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5666 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1998; Pers Comm R. Sullivan 2010
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
259
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
436850
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
548160
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Great Eppleton
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Great Eppleton Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
5665
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5665 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
414330
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559680
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
High Spen
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. No longer on modern Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. No longer on modern OS.
Site Name
Ashtree Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
5664
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 5664 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
279
DAY1
12
District
Sunderland
Easting
432970
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
547230
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Middle Rainton
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Grange Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
5663
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5663 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Defence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
12
DAY2
16
District
Gateshead
Easting
421590
Grid ref figure
10
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
2
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560904
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Washingwells
Description
Series of machine gun rests placed behind a pre-existing stone wall next to public footpath. Whickham was supposedly identified as an area where an air-borne invasion might take place.
Site Type: Broad
Fortification
SITEDESC
This site was added to the Gateshead local list in 2023. The local list description reads:
'Series of machine gun rests placed behind a pre-existing stone wall next to public footpath.
Whickham was supposedly identified as an area where an air-borne invasion might take
place. Wall around two sides of the allotments at corner of Southfield Road and Washingwell Lane, with splayed openings inserted during World War Two for riflemen to resist German parachute or glider landings on adjacent farmland.'
Site Name
Washingwell Lane, Loopholed Wall
Site Type: Specific
Loopholed Wall
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
5662
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 5662 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1992; <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53920907@N08/4982623714/" title="NZ218605 Washing Well Lane, Whickham, Loopholed Walls by Alan Fenwick, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4982623714_f44e46f8e7_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="NZ218605 Washing Well Lane, Whickham, Loopholed Walls"></a>
YEAR1
2004
YEAR2
2023
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
414520
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559020
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
High Spen
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Low Spen Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
5661
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5661 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850
YEAR1
2004
English, British
ADDITINF
Y
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
415130
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
2
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557200
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Lintzford
Description
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. 19th century farm with unusual linear layout.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map.19th century farm with unusual linear layout.
Site Name
Linztford Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farm
HER Number
5660
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
<< HER 5660 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1850; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Lintzford Conservation Area, pp 15-17
YEAR1
2004
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
775
DAY1
28
District
N Tyneside
Easting
433440
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
574020
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Brierdene
Description
Barn, gin-gang and shelter shed. Late eighteenth century/early nineteenth century. Coursed sandstone; barn roof concrete tiles; gin-gang and shelter shed pantiled with stone copings. Long barn of two builds: Dutch doors in splayed openings and slit vents in stone surrounds. Octagonal gin-gang; back piers canted stone, front piers brick; pointed roof with lead ball finial. Shelter shed has arcade on square piers, small windows above. Feeding racks on rear wall. External stone staircase in east end. LISTED GRADE 2.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Barn, gingang and shelter shed. Late eighteenth century/early nineteenth century. Coursed sandstone; barn roof concrete tiles; gingang and shelter shed pantiled with stone copings. Long barn of two builds: Dutch doors in splayed openings and slit vents in stone surrounds. Octagonal gingang; back piers canted stone, front piers brick; pointed roof with lead ball finial. Shelter shed has arcade on square piers, small windows above. Feeding racks on rear wall. External stone staircase in east end.
Site Name
Brierdene Farm, barn, gin-gang and shelter shed
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
5659
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/175