Ravensworth, carriage drives

HER Number:
13470

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth, carriage drives

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Drive

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18-C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
There were two carriage drives into the park. The line of the former 18th century carriage drive ran from Watergate Bank and is visible as a linear clearing through the woodland. The other drive is still extant as an access road and links the castle and Trench Hall to Watergate Bank at North Lodge and the castle to Coach Road at South Lodge.The woodland belt runs parallel to this carriage drive and an avenue of yew trees flanks it as it turns north towards the Butter Cross.

Easting:
2402

Northing:
5902

Grid Reference:
NZ24025902

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 89, gazetteer nos. 2A and 5A