Tyne and Wear HER(1807): Ryton, Whitewell Lane, No. 2, Manor House - Details
1807
Gateshead
Ryton, Whitewell Lane, No. 2, Manor House
Ryton
NZ16SE
Domestic
Dwelling
House
Post Medieval
C17
Extant Building
A house dated 1669, with RSK (Robert and Katherine Surtees) on one of the quoins and, on a mantel in one of the rooms, R.S.K. 1682. Robert Surtees, great grandfather of the historian of Durham occupied this house in the 17th century. Built of sandstone rubble with large irregular quoins; low-pitched roof of Welsh slate with flat gable coping. Like a great many of the houses built at that time, the rooms are low, and panelled with oak; the stairs are also of oak, having the balusters beautifully carved. LISTED GRADE 2
1537
6463
NZ15376463
<< HER 1807 >> W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, p 36
Dept. of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special ... Interest,15/103; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Ryton Conservation Area, pp 9-11