Gateshead, Fern Dean House

HER Number:
7711

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Fern Dean House

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The house was once the residence of Alderman Newall. It was built by R. S. Newall, a rope manufacturer, in the early 1850’s and had a private observatory in its grounds. The house was demolished in the late 1920’s.

Easting:
2519

Northing:
6117

Grid Reference:
NZ25196117

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Manders F.W. 1973. ‘A History of Gateshead’