Manor House, 2 Whitewell Lane
Manor House, 2 Whitewell Lane
HER Number
1807
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Manor House, 2 Whitewell Lane
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Detached House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
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
Easting
415370
Northing
564630
Grid Reference
NZ415370564630
Sources
<< 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
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