Ryton, Elvaston Hall

HER Number:
7786

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Elvaston Hall

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
15

Northing:
64

Grid Reference:
NZ1564

Lats/Lons:

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