Gateshead, Fern Dean House

HER Number

7711

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead, Fern Dean House

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The house was once the residence of Alderman Newall. It was built by R. S. Newall, a rope manufacturer, in the early 1850’s and had a private observatory in its grounds. The house was demolished in the late 1920’s.

Easting

425190

Northing

561170

Grid Reference

NZ425190561170

Sources

Manders F.W. 1973. ‘A History of Gateshead’