Elvaston Hall

HER Number

7786

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Elvaston Hall

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Country House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Elvaston Hall was, in 1896, called "a large modern stone mansion", home for some years of Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931), inventor of the steam turbine for ships.

Easting

415000

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ415000564000

Sources

P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 28