Hetton-le-Hole, Hetton Hall

HER Number:
7706

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, Hetton Hall

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17-C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Hetton Hall was bought in 1686 by John Spearman. His grandson John Spearman (d.1746) sold Hetton to the Countess of Strathmore, who gave it to her younger son Thomas Lyon (1741-96). By 1834 Hetton was called "an excellent deserted manor house" and by 1857 it was the seat of Nicholas Wood (d.1865), mining engineer. The Hall's mid 19th century style suggests that Wood rebuilt it. By 1902 it was unoccupied, and after falling into disrepair, was demolished in 1923.

Easting:
3506

Northing:
4750

Grid Reference:
NZ35064750

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Meadow, P & Waterson, E. 1993, ‘Lost Houses of County Durham', page 317; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p203