Tyne and Wear HER(6023): Axwell Park, Dower House - Details
6023
Gateshead
Axwell Park, Dower House
Blaydon
NZ16SE
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Post Medieval
C18
Extant Building
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition as Blaydon House. Listed as Axwell Park Dower House. Built circa 1770-80. Possibly by John Bell of Durham; for Sir Thomas Clavering. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings. Lakeland slate roof. Gothick style. Central half-glazed door under arched fanlight. Venetian windows and central sash on first floor. Corniced ashlar chimneys. Interior - dog-leg stair, round headed stair window, original panelled doors and architraves throughout. LISTED GRADE 2*
1962
6244
NZ19626244
1st edition Ordnance Survey map; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 4/25; N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1985, The Buildings of England: County Durham; N.G. Rippeth, 1990, Blaydon in old picture postcards