Tyne and Wear HER(7099): Dove Hall or Sparrow Hall - Details
7099
N Tyneside
Dove Hall or Sparrow Hall
Cullercoats
NZ37SE
Domestic
House
Country House
POST MEDIEVAL
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Documentary Evidence
In 1682 the Dove family built a large Jacobean house which became locally known as "Sparrow Hall" because the locals thought the dove on the coat of arms on the east gable was a sparrow hawk. The initials of Thomas and Elizabeth Dove were carved next to the figure of the dove. The hall stood in its own grounds near to the cliffs overlooking the sea. It had latticed and mullioned windows, was three storeys high with a central projecting gable and pantile roof. The Doves were coal-owners in the area. Thomas Dove built the house, and sold it to a relative Zepheniah Haddock in 1706. It was demolished in 1979.
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R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; History of Northumberland, Victoria County Histories Vol VIII pp 280-4; W.W. Tomlinson, 1893, Historical Notes on Cullercoats, Whitley and Monkseaton; T. Faulkner and P. Lowery, 1996, Lost Houses of Newcastle and Northumberland, p 59