The Tower, Whitewell Lane

HER Number

11938

District

Gateshead

Site Name

The Tower, Whitewell Lane

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Detached House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890. Given to the Royal Victoria Infirmary of Newcastle in 1923 by Col. Innes Hopkins to be used as the Innes-Hopkins Memorial Home. This convalescent home was named in memory of his two sons who died in the First World War. The building was later Ryton Council Offices and now is a private retirement home.

Easting

415400

Northing

564420

Grid Reference

NZ415400564420

Sources

North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk R33.12; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ryton Conservation Area, pp 9-11