Deckham Hall

HER Number

7713

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Deckham Hall

Place

Deckham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

Country House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The estate consisted of 37 acres and in 1614 belonged to Thomas Deckham. In 1817 the estate was sold for £7, 100 to William James. The house was demolished in 1930.

Easting

426260

Northing

561720

Grid Reference

NZ426260561720

Sources

Manders F.W. 1973. ‘A History of Gateshead’, page 134