Birtley Old Hall

HER Number:
7741

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley Old Hall

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Birtley Old Hall was built by John Emmerson in 1692 and demolished following a fire in 1961.

Easting:
2744

Northing:
5555

Grid Reference:
NZ27445555

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
A Plan of Birtley Township, 1821 (DRO D/X 1103/27). 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed c.1855. Lancaster University Archaeology Unit, 1996, Birtley Lane, Birtley, Tyne and Wear: Archaeological Assessment. Unpublished report for Turney-Wylde (Construction) Ltd. (T&W HER 1996/9); George Nairn and Dorothy Rand, 1997, Images of England - Birtley