Bradley Hall (post medieval)

Bradley Hall (post medieval)

HER Number
5464
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Bradley Hall (post medieval)
Place
Bradley
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
Country House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The present hall was built around 1750 for John Simpson, who acquired the estate through marriage into the Anderson family. Simpson's granddaughter married Lord Ravensworth, for whom John Dobson altered the Hall in 1813 (he moved entrance to east side). A formal garden was laid out to the west of the hall in 1840s. The two gatehouses also date to this time. In 1894 John Bell Simpson acquired the estate. In the mid 20th century the walled garden became a commercial nursery. In 1980s the hall was subdivided into apartments and the stables and outbuildings converted into houses. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
412370
Northing
563360
Grid Reference
NZ412370563360
Sources
<< HER 5464 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 90
A.M. Oliver, ed. 1929, Northumberland and Durham Deeds, Newcastle upon Tyne Record Series, VII, nos. 41, 42, 51
R. Surtees, 1820, History of…Durham, Vol. II, pp. 266-8
Gateshead Council, 1999, Bradley Park Conservation Area, Character Statement; Dept. of National Heritage, of Buildings of Special… Interest, 3/74