Shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858 and Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844 as a large sub square garden just east of North Jesmond House, divided into a geometric pattern and enclosed by a wall. Dr Charles Mitchell, who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869, built stables (HER 14793), garden buildings and glasshouses around the edge and within the kitchen garden, thus reducing it in size. The 1910 Anderson & Garland sales catalogue lists warm and cold orchid houses, a melon house, a peach house, two vineries etc. All that now survives is one garden building (HER 14794), much altered and the high wall along what was Friday Fields Lane. The garden was levelled and grassed over in the 1980s.Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Type: Broad
Garden
SITEDESC
Shown on the Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858 and Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844 as a large sub square garden just east of North Jesmond House, divided into a geometric pattern and enclosed by a wall. Dr Charles Mitchell, who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869, built stables (HER 14793), garden buildings and glasshouses around the edge and within the kitchen garden, thus reducing it in size. The 1910 Anderson & Garland sales catalogue lists warm and cold orchid houses, a melon house, a peach house, two vineries etc. All that now survives is one garden building (HER 14794), much altered and the high wall along what was Friday Fields Lane. The garden was levelled and grassed over in the 1980s. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, kitchen garden
Site Type: Specific
Kitchen Garden
HER Number
14795
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 78 and 95; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
24
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425380
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567100
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
The only surviving element of the garden buildings which surrounded the kitchen garden (which is shown on Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844). The building is shown on the Ordnance Survey second edition of 1898. It has been much altered and includes a lot of 20th century machine made bricks. Felt roof. One pair of side hung doors. The garden buildings were built by Dr Charles Mitchell who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869. At the east end is a square room with a fireplace in the gable wall and a door and window on the north side. Rows of coat hooks are the only other features. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
SITEDESC
The only surviving element of the garden buildings which surrounded the kitchen garden (which is shown on Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844). The building is shown on the Ordnance Survey second edition of 1898. It has been much altered and includes a lot of 20th century machine made bricks. Felt roof. One pair of side hung doors. The garden buildings were built by Dr Charles Mitchell who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869. At the east end is a square room with a fireplace in the gable wall and a door and window on the north side. Rows of coat hooks are the only other features. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, garden stores
Site Type: Specific
Garden Building
HER Number
14794
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 78 and 95; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
24
District
Newcastle
Easting
425370
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8
LANDUSE
Garden
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567140
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
Irregular inverted L-shaped building to east of North Jesmond House. Now demolished. Enclosed the kitchen garden to the west, and the stable yard lay to the north. The stables and garden buildings were built for Dr Charles Mitchell who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869.
Site Type: Broad
Estate Building
SITEDESC
Irregular inverted L-shaped building to east of North Jesmond House. Now demolished. Enclosed the kitchen garden to the west, and the stable yard lay to the north. The stables and garden buildings were built for Dr Charles Mitchell who acquired Jesmond Towers in 1869.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, stables
Site Type: Specific
Estate Building
HER Number
14793
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate
YEAR1
2012
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425280
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567170
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
18th century farmhouse. Two storeys. Sandstone rubble walls with ashlar quoins. Pebble dashed on the north elevation. Sash windows (not original). The south elevation retains a hornless vertical sliding sash window. Inside there is a glazed screen, boarded over and wallpapered. The entrance was originally from the south, but now its from the north. Inside, the window reveals to the rear of the property are very deep, indicative of thick walls typical of the 1700s. Additionally original internal doors survive which are fairly small and again typical of the period. The staircase appears to be original. A fireplace survives in the parlour/sitting room. In 1821 Robert Warwick converted the farmstead into a mansion and added a lodge (West Cottage) to the west, but the majority of the buildings continued to function as a working farm. A group of three farm buildings and a U-shaped outbuilding to the north-east is shown on Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844. The site was acquired in 1917 by the Filles de la Sagesse and the buildings were altered. The farmhouse became the Father's house.
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Matthew Bank Farmhouse. 18th century, two storeys. Sandstone rubble walls with ashlar quoins. Pebble dashed on the north elevation. Sash windows (not original). The south elevation retains a hornless vertical sliding sash window. Inside there is a glazed screen, boarded over and wallpapered. The entrance was originally from the south, but now its from the north. Inside, the window reveals to the rear of the property are very deep, indicative of thick walls typical of the 1700s. Additionally original internal doors survive which are fairly small and again typical of the period. The staircase appears to be original. A fireplace survives in the parlour/sitting room. In 1821 Robert Warwick converted the farmstead into a mansion and added a lodge (West Cottage) to the west, but the majority of the buildings continued to function as a working farm. A group of three farm buildings and a U-shaped outbuilding to the north-east is shown on Thomas Oliver's plan of 1844. The site was acquired in 1917 by the Filles de la Sagesse and the buildings were altered. The farmhouse became the Father's house. {1} In the 1920s the house had separate accommodation on the two floors. Each floor had an outside toilet and a coal shed, all now demolished. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, farmhouse
Site Type: Specific
Farmhouse
HER Number
14792
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 75; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425270
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567180
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Jesmond
Description
Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Continues the style of the adjacent classrooms (HER 14790). Attractive part-timbered gable to Matthew Bank. Sash windows. Central round-arched window on first floor. This provided light for the main first floor lab, which has a polished wooden floor. Pebble dashed walls.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Continues the style of the adjacent classrooms (HER 14790). Attractive part-timbered gable to Matthew Bank. Sash windows. Central round-arched window on first floor. This provided light for the main first floor lab, which has a polished wooden floor. Pebble dashed walls. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, laboratory and arts block
Site Type: Specific
Private School
HER Number
14791
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 74; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425280
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567160
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Jesmond
Description
Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Single storey. Part timbered, pebble dashed. Features folding sliding panelled and glazed partitions between the classrooms and a parquet floor. High ceilings. The classrooms are spacious and light. The slate roof has a bell cote/cupola. A report (August 2010) on the bell has been produced by Howard EJ Smith, bell advisor for the Newcastle Diocese. The bell was cast by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon in 1922. It is 16 inches in diameter and weighs between 70 and 90 pounds. It has no inscription on it but it has the date 1922 and decoration.
Site Type: Broad
Schoolroom
SITEDESC
Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1924 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Single storey. Part timbered, pebble dashed. Features folding sliding panelled and glazed partitions between the classrooms and a parquet floor. High ceilings. The classrooms are spacious and light. The slate roof has a bell cote/cupola. A report (August 2010) on the bell has been produced by Howard EJ Smith, bell advisor for the Newcastle Diocese. The bell was cast by Gillett and Johnston of Croydon in 1922. It is 16 inches in diameter and weighs between 70 and 90 pounds. It has no inscription on it but it has the date 1922 and decoration. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, classrooms
Site Type: Specific
Classroom
HER Number
14790
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 73-74; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425300
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567180
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jesmond
Description
The southern section was originally part of a farmstead. It has been extended three times to the north, lastly by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1922-5 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Single storey. It features a timbered ceiling with exposed trusses. The windows are timber sashes. The top light is bottom hung and opens inwards.
Site Type: Broad
Sports Building
SITEDESC
The southern section was originally part of a farmstead. It has been extended three times to the north, lastly by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke 1922-5 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Single storey. It features a timbered ceiling with exposed trusses. The windows are timber sashes. The top light is bottom hung and opens inwards. {1} The south end of the building is a former stable, more recently used as a cloakroom. One of the original doors and a pitching loft can be seen in the east elevation both now blocked or altered. A 1922 plan marks this as part of a building used as a coach house and garage. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, gymnasium and music block
Site Type: Specific
Gymnasium (Sports)
HER Number
14789
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 72-73; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
08
District
Newcastle
Easting
425330
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567140
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Jesmond
Description
Late Gothic Revival style chapel, with remnants of some Arts and Crafts interior encaustic floor tiling. Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke (who designed the Catholic cathedral in Newcastle) 1938 for the Filles de la Sagesse. The chapel steps down from the dominant convent building (HER 14787). Extremely attractive stone buttressed building, with a hexagonal projection to the southernmost elevation. Leaded windows. The balcony organ is of interest. It shares a principle wrought iron staircase with the adjoining convent. The ground floor of the chapel is double height with a first floor gallery. An entrance hall leads to a stairway. Highly decorative plasterwork, ceilings, and floor tiles. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University. The chapel altar had a recessed front with wooden arcade of three pointed cusped arches, carried on pink and white marble colonettes with metal capitals and bases. Behind the arcade was a grid of stained oak, filled with square pressed metal panels embossed with floral motifs. There was a large gilt central roundel with an HIS monogram. At either end there were pink marble columns with metal capitals and bases. All of the metalwork was coloured gold and the woodwork is oak. Near the front of the top of the table, the altar stone lay loose in a recess. It was a dark stone marked with the traditional five Greek crosses.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Late Gothic Revival style chapel, with remnants of some Arts and Crafts interior encaustic floor tiling. Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke (who designed the Catholic cathedral in Newcastle) 1938 for the Filles de la Sagesse. The chapel steps down from the dominant convent building (HER 14787). Extremely attractive stone buttressed building, with a hexagonal projection to the southernmost elevation. Leaded windows. The balcony organ is of interest. It shares a principle wrought iron staircase with the adjoining convent. The ground floor of the chapel is double height with a first floor gallery. An entrance hall leads to a stairway. Highly decorative plasterwork, ceilings, and floor tiles. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University. During the recording process it was noted that the front and ends of the chapel altar had been covered with a panelled sheet of ply with a plain inset cross. When this was removed, the original recessed decorative front was revealed. The ends of the altar had plain panels under a cove. The recessed front had a wooden arcade of three pointed cusped arches, carried on pink and white marble colonettes with metal capitals and bases. Behind the arcade was a grid of stained oak, filled with square pressed metal panels embossed with floral motifs. There was a large gilt central roundel with an HIS monogram. At either end there were pink marble columns with metal capitals and bases. All of the metalwork was coloured gold and the woodwork is oak. The top of the altar had a fixed low shelf for candlesticks. This was removed to reveal the construction of the decorative altar front. Near the front of the top of the table, the altar stone lay loose in a recess. It was a dark stone marked with the traditional five Greek crosses.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, chapel
Site Type: Specific
Chapel
HER Number
14788
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 68-69; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425340
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8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567160
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Jesmond
Description
Imposing continuation of the adjoining late Gothic Revival chapel. Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke (who designed the Catholic cathedral in Newcastle) 1938 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Sandstone with slate roof. Three storeys with basement. Elegant arrangement of windows.
Site Type: Broad
Religious House
SITEDESC
Imposing continuation of the adjoining late Gothic Revival chapel. Designed by Dunn Hansom & Fenwicke (who designed the Catholic cathedral in Newcastle) 1938 for the Filles de la Sagesse. Sandstone with slate roof. Three storeys with basement. Elegant arrangement of windows. {1}. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.Buildings appear to have been planned in the early 1920s but not constructed until 1928.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, convent
Site Type: Specific
Nunnery
HER Number
14787
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 66-67; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
DAY2
28
District
Newcastle
Easting
425340
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567190
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Jesmond
Description
Early to mid 19th century farm outbuilding. Single storey. Sandstone. Later used as a school laundry. Mural of school children painted on gable end {1}. The laundry building is set well below the level of the convent (HER14787) and the old farm buildings. Inside the buildings show no sign of any other use other than the schools laundry. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Type: Broad
Agricultural Building
SITEDESC
Early to mid 19th century farm outbuilding. Single storey. Sandstone. Later used as a school laundry. Mural of school children painted on gable end {1}. The laundry building is set well below the level of the convent (HER14787) and the old farm buildings. Inside the buildings show no sign of any other use other than the schools laundry. Probably last used in the mid 1970s. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University.
Site Name
Jesmond Towers, laundry
Site Type: Specific
Farm Building
HER Number
14786
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, pp 67-8; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording