Simonside Hall

HER Number:
7791

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Simonside Hall

Place:
Simonside

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
House

Site Type: Specific:
Country House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This was the seat of Robert Wallis, who opened the first shipyard in South Shields in about 1720. After his death, his second son John built or rebuilt Simonside Hall in 1784. The battlemented front parapet and rear tower must have been nineteenth century additions. South Shields A.F.C took a lease on the estate in 1947. Demolished in about 1973.

Easting:
3477

Northing:
6400

Grid Reference:
NZ34776400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
P. Meadows and E. Waterson, 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham, p 37