Heworth, White House

HER Number:
7788

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth, White House

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
White House was located on a hill above Heworth. A sundial on the south side was dated 1680. In the 1600s it was owned by the Jennisons, a Roman Catholic family. In the late seventeenth century it was bought by Edward Colville, Newcastle butcher, then it passed to John Stafford of Monkwearmouth, and then in 1820 to Richard Carnaby Foster, his son and grandson. The last owner, up to 1938, was Thomas Maltby Clague, chemist. In 1939-45 the house was used to store potatoes and turnips. By 1960 it was derelict, and was demolished soon after.

Easting:
2819

Northing:
6003

Grid Reference:
NZ28196003

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 35