Hedley, Hedley West House Farm

HER Number:
16510

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Hedley, Hedley West House Farm

Place:
Hedley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Farm

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Hedley West House is shown in its original layout (a linear row roughly in line with Hedley Lane) on a plan of The Gibside Estate in 1822. In the 1850s-60s John Bowes redeveloped the buildings to the design of J.E.Watson in an E shaped plan. The tenants of the new build in 1856 were Peter and Alexander McLaven. In the late 20th century a new stone farmhouse was built to the north-east of the original. The original farmhouse has been heavily altered with the cartsheds redeveloped as holiday cottages.

Easting:
2091

Northing:
5662

Grid Reference:
NZ20915662

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
A.R. Thompson, 2011, Hedley West House Farm, Gateshead - historic building recording