Stotes Hall

The hall was situated on the east side of Jesmond Dene Road, just above the Dene. It was named after Sir Richard Stote who, in 1658, bought the Gibson lands, the remnants of Sir Bertram Monboucher's sixth part of Jesmond manor (1370).
Views about the survival and date of the house are at variance. Dendy wrote, "From that time to this the site of the messuage has been called Stote's Hall. Spearman…says: 'I remember in 1765 that old mansion which Messrs Bewick and Craster pulled down and built a farm house on the site'", suggesting that the hall had been demolished and rebuilt. The Northumberland County History, however, described a T-shaped 2-3 storey house with details at least as early as the 17th century, including a stone shield of arms dated 1607.
It was visited by the Society of Antiquaries in 1943 but probably demolished in the 1950s. Dr Charles Hutton, the great mathematician kept a school here for a time. Stotes Hall was used as an ARP Centre during the War. It was bought by Newcastle City Council in 1945 for £5,050.