Ravensworth, ancillary buildings

Ravensworth, ancillary buildings

HER Number
13469
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ravensworth, ancillary buildings
Place
Ravensworth
Map Sheet
NZ25NW
Class
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Site Type: Broad
Garden Building
Site Type: Specific
Garden Building
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
To the south-east of the stable block are two small stone and brick structures. The first is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 4.7m x 6.5m. It is built of coursed sandstone rubble with stressed blocks at the arris, and has a single doorway in the western side. The function of the building is not known, but it may have housed either a pump for the water supply or a regulator for the gas works situated further south along the main carriage road. A second smaller structure is orientated north-west to south-east and measures 3.25m x 2m. It is built of coursed and cur sandstone blcoks with an internal brick lining. The function of the building is not known. It is of higher quality than the larger building. It may have housed some form of utility for the stable block or house.
Easting
423340
Northing
559140
Grid Reference
NZ423340559140
Sources
North of England Civic Trust, April 2008, Ravensworth Castle and Estate, Gateshead, Conservation Plan, Appendix A, page 54, gazetteer no. 1V