Ravensworth, arboretum

HER Number:
13476

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ravensworth, arboretum

Place:
Ravensworth

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Garden

Site Type: Specific:
Arboretum

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Picturesque feature added to the 19th century designed landscape for the cultivation and display of rare trees. Some Lawson cypress and deciduous trees are present, but western hemlock, larch, sycamore and beech predominate. Little evidence of the arboretum survives as many of the original trees were felled to make way for commercial planting. Between Hill Head Wood and Fugarfield Wood is an area of fine deciduous trees including Spanish chestnut and yew. These seem to form an avenue which may have led to the arboretum.

Easting:
2260

Northing:
5938

Grid Reference:
NZ22605938

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 91, gazetteer no. 3A