Ryton Rectory

HER Number:
1480

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton Rectory

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Clergy House

Site Type: Specific:
Vicarage

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C16-C18

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
South of Ryton church and in its own grounds is the onetime rectory, now two separate dwellings. It is constructed of stone, with a slate roof, with three storeys and nine bays. Though Georganized in 1709 it is said to be probably late 16th century to early 17th century in its masonry with a west window of c. 1500 or late medieval date. LISTED GRADE 2*

Easting:
1512

Northing:
6477

Grid Reference:
NZ15126477

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1480 >> Department of Environment, List of Buildings of Special Architectural Interest - 1985, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead,Ryton Parish N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England, p. 394