Blaydon Burn, Old Dockendale Hall

HER Number:
1660

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon Burn, Old Dockendale Hall

Place:
Blaydon Burn

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The ruins of Old Dockendale Hall were in a field on the east side of Blaydon Burn, but were destroyed when the Ottovale Coke Works (HER ref. 1651) were constructed. The hall formed part of the estate of George Silvertop and was probably really a farmhouse… in 1765, when in the possession of John Humble and Thomas Billy, it was offered for sale in October of that year. In 1810 the house was altered and made into tenements, occupied by keelmen in the employment of Mr. Dunn. The advent of the railways sounded the death knell to the keelmen's trade, so that by 1840 the hall was unoccupied.

Easting:
1754

Northing:
6313

Grid Reference:
NZ17546313

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1660 >> W & DLHS, 1975, History of Blaydon Blaydon Burn, The Industrial Background