Ravensworth, lime tree and gate piers
Ravensworth, lime tree and gate piers
HER Number
              13472
          District
              Gateshead
          Site Name
              Ravensworth, lime tree and gate piers
          Place
              Ravensworth
          Map Sheet
              NZ25NW
          Class
              Domestic
          Site Type: Broad
              Estate Building
          Site Type: Specific
              Estate Building
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Structure
          Description
              To the south-east of the stable block is a large pollarded lime, some 5m in diameter, indicating a tree of at least 300 years old. To the east there are remains of some stone buildings and a fallen pair of stone gate piers, now overgrown by sycamore and ground flora. A bowl shaped hollow was once a pond. Building remains are scattered throughout the north-west section of the woodland. Undulating ground may be evidence of former industrial activity.
          Easting
              423300
          Northing
              559100
          Grid Reference
              NZ423300559100
    Sources
              North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 89