Jesmond Towers, North Lodge

HER Number

13429

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Jesmond Towers, North Lodge

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden Building

Site Type: Specific

Gate Lodge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Built by Charles Mitchell in the 1870s to serve as a tradesmen's entrance to Jesmond Towers. An attractive building on Jesmond Dene Road. In the 1970s the gateway was blocked with a wall to prevent access to LA Sagesse School. Between this lodge and the top of Matthew Bank is an inscribed stone low down on the roadside wall marked 'WS 1820'. Recorded 2013 by Archaeological Services Durham University. This is a larger and more substantial house than the West Lodge. There are three high ceilinged main rooms, each with a fireplace. The interior was not photographed due to the house being inhabited.

Easting

425420

Northing

567160

Grid Reference

NZ425420567160

Sources

Alan Morgan, 2010, Jesmond from mines to mansions, page 57; Cyril Winskell and AJT Environmental Consultants, 2010, Conservation Plan for Jesmond Towers Estate, p 65; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2014, La Sagesse, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Buildings Recording