Ryton House

HER Number:
7785

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton House

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Ryton House was an eighteenth century brick building, shown in an engraving by Boniface Muss c.1790. At the corner were Venetian doors and windows and a lunette. In the nineteenth century a bay window was added at the side. In one room the Ryton Petty Sessions were held. To the side of the house was the stable block, with Gothic battlements. The house was latterly a Conservative Club. The house was demolished in the 1960s. It was the seat of the Humble family in the 1700s.

Easting:
1513

Northing:
6466

Grid Reference:
NZ15136466

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 24