Ravensworth, ancillary buildings

HER Number:
13469

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth, ancillary buildings

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Garden Building

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
To the south-east of the stable block are two small stone and brick structures. The first is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 4.7m x 6.5m. It is built of coursed sandstone rubble with stressed blocks at the arris, and has a single doorway in the western side. The function of the building is not known, but it may have housed either a pump for the water supply or a regulator for the gas works situated further south along the main carriage road. A second smaller structure is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 3.25m x 2m. It is built of coursed and cur sandstone blcoks with an internal brick lining. The function of the building is not known. It is of higher quality than the larger building. It may have housed some form of utility for the stable block or house.

Easting:
2334

Northing:
5914

Grid Reference:
NZ23345914

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 54, gazetteer no. 1V