Tyne and Wear HER(1385): Byker, manor house - Details
1385
Newcastle
Byker, manor house
Byker
NZ26SE
Domestic
House
Manor House
Post Medieval
C16/C17
Documentary Evidence
In 1825 Mackenzie published the following: "There is a curious old house on the south side of the village (Byker), now a public house known by the name of the Blue Bell. The walls, like those of all ancient buildings, are very thick...". In 1844 G.B. Richardson sketched it - a rectangular 3 bay 2 storey building with attic (dormer window) and, attached at one end, a single bay 2 storey block, with an external end stair. It is marked, in Gothic letters, as "Manor House" on the first edition Ordnance Survey plan. It was occupied by the Dent family in 1601, and later by the Lawsons.
2748
6441
NZ27486441
<< HER 1385 >> E. Mackenzie, 1825, Northumberland,II, 480
G.B. Richardson, 1844, Sketches Northumberland and Durham, Northumberland Records Office, ZAN M13/F13
1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1:2,500 scale, Durham 97.8 -Northumberland Records Office
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Dent's Hole, Northumberland County History, XIII, 274-5