Birtley Hall, west lodge

HER Number

7744

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Birtley Hall, west lodge

Place

Birtley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Garden Building

Site Type: Specific

Gate Lodge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Two lodges are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed c.1855, at the top of the drive to Birtley Hall. This one is on the east side of the entrance to the drive. It is not shown on the tithe map of 1846 so was presumably built in the period 1846-1855.

Easting

427470

Northing

555430

Grid Reference

NZ427470555430

Sources

1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed c.1855.