Westoe House

HER Number:
7790

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe House

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17-C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Westoe House was first recorded in 1753. At the time it was owned by Robert Walker, butcher from Newcastle. An earlier house was incorporated into the north-eastern corner. Robert Ingham, the first MP for South Shields, inherited it in 1825. The house was altered by its late nineteenth century owner, Matthew Cay, shipowner. The last private owner died in 1943 and the Ingham Infirmary bought it but never used it. In 1958 it was demolished.

Easting:
3695

Northing:
6569

Grid Reference:
NZ36956569

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 36