Jesmond Towers, farmhouse
Jesmond Towers, farmhouse
HER Number
              14792
          District
              Newcastle
          Site Name
              Jesmond Towers, farmhouse
          Place
              Jesmond
          Map Sheet
              NZ26NE
          Class
              Agriculture and Subsistence
          Site Type: Broad
              Agricultural Building
          Site Type: Specific
              Farmhouse
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
          Form of Evidence
              Extant Building
          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.
          Easting
              425280
          Northing
              567170
          Grid Reference
              NZ425280567170
    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